LMOV integrality conjecture for open topological strings

Let XX be a toric Calabi–Yau threefold with brane configuration D\mathcal{D}, let P+\mathcal{P}_+ denote the relevant set of nonempty partitions, and write the open-string free energy as

Fstr(X,D)(gs,a,x)=μP+Fμ(X,D)pμ(x).F_{str}^{(X,\mathcal{D})}(g_s,a,\mathbf{x})=\sum_{\mu\in \mathcal{P}_+}F_{\mu}^{(X,\mathcal{D})}p_{\mu}(\mathbf{x}).

LMOV conjecture. For every μP+\mu\in\mathcal{P}_+, the function Fμ(X,D)F_{\mu}^{(X,\mathcal{D})} has the integral expansion given by the right-hand side of the open multiple-covering formula, namely the expansion in terms of integers nμ,g,Qn_{\mu,g,Q}.

This conjecture predicts the integrality of the open topological-string BPS invariants, refining the multiple-cover formula for open strings and generalizing the closed-string Gopakumar–Vafa integrality structure. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Shengmao Zhu, “On explicit formulae of LMOV invariants”, arXiv:1908.08653 (2019).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2016–2019). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1611.06506.

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