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Non-commutative width and Gopakumar–Vafa invariants

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We show that the non-commutative widths for flopping curves on smooth three-folds introduced by Donovan–Wemyss are described by Katz’s genus zero Gopakumar–Vafa invariants.

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Toda, Y. Non-commutative width and Gopakumar–Vafa invariants. manuscripta math. 148, 521–533 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00229-015-0760-8

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