Topological Partition Function and String-String Duality
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The evidence for string/string-duality can be extended from the matching of the vector couplings to gravitational couplings. In this note this is shown in the rank three example, the closest stringy analog of the Seiberg/Witten-setup, which is related to the Calabi-Yau WP 4 1,1,2,2,6(12). I provide an exact analytical verification of a relation checked by coefficient comparison to fourth order by Kaplunovsky, Louis and Theisen. E-MAIL:[email protected] Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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