A mathematical theory of the topological vertex
Jun Li, Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu, Kefeng Liu, Jian Zhou, Algorithm Proposed M. Aganagic, M. Aganagic, A. Klemm, M. Mariño · 2012
Abstract. We have developed a mathematical theory of the topological vertex— a theory that was originally proposed by M. Aganagic, A. Klemm, M. Mariño, and C. Vafa on effectively computing Gromov-Witten invariants of smooth toric Calabi-Yau threefolds derived from duality between open string theory of smooth Calabi-Yau threefolds and Chern-Simons theory on three manifolds. 1.