Exact results for perturbative Chern-Simons theory with complex gauge group

Communications in Number Theory and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 363-443

  Dimofte, Tudor ^a   Gukov, Sergei ^b   Lenells, Jonatan ^c   Zagier, Don ^d,e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR MATHEMATIK   (Germany)

^e Paris Sciences et Lettres   (France)

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EID: 77952552744     PISSN: 19314523     EISSN: 19314531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CNTP.2009.v3.n2.a4     Document Type: Article

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