Gukov the Sound of Knots and 3-Manifolds Barclay Prime Is A

Gukov the Sound of Knots and 3-Manifolds Barclay Prime Is A

TheTheThe soundsoundsound ofofof KnotsKnotsKnots andandand 333---manifoldsmanifoldsmanifolds SergeiSergei GukovGukov 27 lines on a general cubic surface George Salmon (1819-1904) Arthur Cayley (1821-1895) 2,875 lines (degree-1) on a quintic 3-fold 609,250 conics (degree-2) on a quintic 3-fold Sheldon Katz, 1986 317,206,375 degree-3 curves on a quintic 3-fold “Suddenly, in late 1990, Candelas and his collaborators Xenia de la Ossa, Paul Green, and Linda Parkes (COGP) saw a way to use mirror symmetry to barge into the geometers’ garden. ... Candelas, who liked calculating things, thought maybe it was in fact tractable using some algebra and a home computer.” 2,682,549,425 degree-3 curves on a quintic 3-fold Geir Ellingssrud and Stein Arild Stromme, May 1991 New Opportunities Knots ? = 4_1 FIGURE EIGHT 1 ALEXANDER SL(3) GENUS JONES AMPHICHEIRAL HOMFLY-PT COLORED Why integer coefficients? 1 TQFT ~ 30 yrs old TQFTTQFT inin thethe 2121stst centurycentury Darling, I want a new TQFT Surfaces Numbers 4-manifolds Vector spaces 3-manifolds Knots Surfaces Numbers 4-manifolds Vector spaces 3-manifolds Knots Knot homology circa 2003 • Only a few homological knot invariants: – Khovanov homology ( N=2, combinatorial) Knot homology circa 2003 • Only a few homological knot invariants: – Khovanov homology ( N=2, combinatorial) – Knot Floer homology ( N=0, symplectic) • Categorification of HOMFLY not expected Knot homology circa 2003 • Only a few homological knot invariants: – Khovanov homology ( N=2, combinatorial) – Knot Floer homology ( N=0, symplectic) • Categorification of HOMFLY not expected • Higher rank not computable • No SO/Sp groups • No colors Knot homology circa 2003 • Only a few homological knot invariants: – Khovanov homology ( N=2, combinatorial) – Knot Floer homology ( N=0, symplectic) • Categorification of HOMFLY not expected • Higher rank not computable • No SO/Sp groups • No colors • Many unexplained patterns “Connecting the dots” [S.G., A.Schwarz, C.Vafa, 2004] Knot Homology BPS spectrum (Khovanov,…) = (Q-cohomology) BPS Fivebrane Setup duality (+ flux) BPS doubly gradedBPS triply graded fixed N packages all ranks [H.Ooguri, C.Vafa, 1999] 3d-3d interpretation (time) x x 3d N = 2 theory BPS New Bridges duality Refined Chern-Simons, Enumerative invariants of DAHA, … Calabi-Yau 3-folds and [M.Aganagic, S.Shakirov, 2011] combinatorics [I.Cherednik, 2011] of skew 3-dimensional partitions LG interfaces and KLR algebras (time) x x “brane intersection” perspective on (time) x (knot) : 2d Landau-Ginzburg models & interfaces D.Roggenkamp J.Walcher Reduction to gauge theory Singly-graded, familiar PDE’s, new wall crossing phenomena [S.G., 2007] x x-1 [P.Kronheimer, T.Mrowka, 2008] Singly-graded, familiar PDE’s, unknot-detector Doubly-graded, Haydys-Witten PDE’s in five dimensions [E.Witten, 2011] What physics gives us? • HOMFLY homology & new bridges : HFK knot contact homology N A-polynomial Kh HKR What physics gives us? • HOMFLY homology & new bridges : HFK knot contact homology N A-polynomial Kh HKR • New structural properties ( differentials , recursion relations , …) What physics gives us? • HOMFLY homology & new bridges : HFK knot contact homology N A-polynomial Kh HKR • New structural properties ( differentials , recursion relations , …) • New computational techniques All knots up to 10 crossings in one day! P = q 2 + q5 - q7 + q 8 - q9- q10 + q 11 sl(2) sl( N) P = q4N+3 -q3N+4 -q3N+3 -q3N+1 -q3N +q2N+4 +q2N+2 +q2N+1 +q2N-2 a 4 3 2 q -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 P = q4N+3 -q3N+4 -q3N+3 -q3N+1 -q3N +q2N+4 +q2N+2 +q2N+1 +q2N-2 a Differentials 4 deg(a,q,t) = (-1,-2,-3) 3 deg(a,q,t) = (-1,1,-1) 2 q -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 a Differentials 4 deg(a,q,t) = (-1,1,-1) 3 2 q -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 P = q4N+3 -q3N+4 -q3N+3 -q3N+1 -q3N +q2N+4 +q2N+2 +q2N+1 +q2N-2 a Differentials 4 deg(a,q,t) = (-1,-2,-3) 3 2 q -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 P = q4N+3 -q3N+4 -q3N+3 -q3N+1 -q3N +q2N+4 +q2N+2 +q2N+1 +q2N-2 a Differentials 4 deg(a,q,t) = (-1,-2,-3) 3 3 2 0 q -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 P = q4N+3 -q3N+4 -q3N+3 -q3N+1 -q3N +q2N+4 +q2N+2 +q2N+1 +q2N-2 a 4 3 3 2 0 2 q -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 P = q4N+3 -q3N+4 -q3N+3 -q3N+1 -q3N +q2N+4 +q2N+2 +q2N+1 +q2N-2 a 4 3 5 3 2 0 2 q -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 P = q4N+3 -q3N+4 -q3N+3 -q3N+1 -q3N +q2N+4 +q2N+2 +q2N+1 +q2N-2 a 4 3 5 3 2 0 2 4 q -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 P = q4N+3 -q3N+4 -q3N+3 -q3N+1 -q3N +q2N+4 +q2N+2 +q2N+1 +q2N-2 a 6 4 3 3 5 5 3 2 0 2 2 4 q -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 P = q4N+3 -q3N+4 -q3N+3 -q3N+1 -q3N +q2N+4 +q2N+2 +q2N+1 +q2N-2 Surfaces Numbers 4-manifolds Vector spaces 3-manifolds Knots 3-manifold homology in 2015 “monopole Floer homology” based on Seiberg-Witten equations “embedded contact homology” homology version of SW=Gr “Heegaard Floer homology” (“Atiyah-Floer conjecture”) ? ? -3 -2 -10 1 2 3 4 N Knot Homology WRT( ) Homology 3-manifold q-series labeled by Abelian flat connection on 3-manifold DW = SW( a) Sa basic classes irreducible reducible Resurgence pole pole cut Emile Borel (1871-1956) Borel plane Emile Borel (1871-1956) Borel plane Emile Borel (1871-1956) 1) position of singularities 2) “residues” position of singularities: Theorem [G-Marino-Putrov]: Corollary: WRT( ) = From knots to 3-manifolds “Laplace transform” cf. A.Beliakova, C.Blanchet, T.T.Q.Le ^super A (^x,y ^) F ( unknot ;x) = 0 Surfaces Numbers 4-manifolds Vector spaces 3-manifolds Knots (1) A-model x -x LG model W = e + e 3 LG model W = x 3 LG model W = x + x dim ( H ) = 2 (1) A-model x -x LG model W = e + e 3 LG model W = x 3 LG model W = x + x Surfaces Numbers 4-manifolds Vector spaces 3-manifolds Knots Unification of different theories HFK Khovanov-Rozansky Khovanov also trivial Khovanov-Rozansky trivial -3 -2 -10 1 2 3 4 N In categorification of quantum group invariants of knots, HFK is an oddball … Will play an important role in categorification of 3-manifold invariants..

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