Topological recursion/quantum curve correspondence

Let S\mathcal{S} be an admissible spectral curve with x,yx,y satisfying

P(x,y)=0.P(x,y)=0.

A quantisation of PP is an operator P^(x^,y^;)\hat{P}(\hat{x},\hat{y};\hbar) of the form

P^(x^,y^;)=P(x^,y^)+i=1iP^i(x^,y^),\hat{P}(\hat{x},\hat{y};\hbar)=P(\hat{x},\hat{y})+\sum_{i=1}^{\infty}\hbar^i\hat{P}_i(\hat{x},\hat{y}),

where P(x^,y^)P(\hat{x},\hat{y}) is normally ordered and each P^i\hat{P}_i is a normally ordered polynomial of degree at most degP1\deg P-1. For a regular point bΣb\in\Sigma, let ψ(z;b)\psi(z;b) be the wavefunction defined by topological recursion, and set x^=x\hat{x}=x\cdot and y^=d/dx\hat{y}=\hbar\,d/dx. Topological recursion/quantum curve correspondence. There exists a regular point bΣb\in\Sigma and a quantisation P^(x^,y^;)\hat{P}(\hat{x},\hat{y};\hbar) of P(x,y)P(x,y) such that

P^(x^,y^;)ψ(z;b)=0.\hat{P}(\hat{x},\hat{y};\hbar)\psi(z;b)=0.

The operator P^\hat{P} is called the quantum curve or quantum spectral curve. This correspondence gives a precise form to the expectation that topological recursion produces a differential or difference operator annihilating its wavefunction, although the statement is presented here as a conjectural correspondence in general.

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Primary source

Quinten Weller, “The Laplace Transform and Quantum Curves”, arXiv:2406.17081 (2024).

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