Knot invariants and topological strings

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 577, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 419-438

  Ooguri, Hirosi ^a   Vafa, Cumrun ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001334059     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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