2003/06/30 by Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu, Kefeng Liu, Jian Zhou · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #math.AG #hep-th
published as J.Diff.Geom. 65 (2004) 289-340 · 36 pages; typos corrected; a reference added
arxiv created 2004/12/31 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
We prove a remarkable formula for Hodge integrals conjectured by Marino and Vafa based on large N duality, using functorial virtual localization on certain moduli spaces of relative stable morphisms.