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Resonance transformations for the $(2,2p+1)$ minimal string via $x-y$ swap: a proof of Artemev's conjecture

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arxiv 2606.04854 v1 pith:IZOOVBSW submitted 2026-06-03 hep-th math-phmath.MP

Kornelis Dekinga , Sergey Shadrin , Erik Verlinde This is my paper · ORCID
classification hep-thmath-phmath.MP
keywords minimalstringtopologicalrecursionresonancetransformationsx-yswapArtemevconjecturespectralcurvetheory
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The reading

The paper proves Artemev's conjecture by establishing that resonance transformations in the (2,2p+1) minimal string arise exactly from the x-y swap operation in topological recursion. This equivalence supplies a concrete bridge between the algebraic data of minimal string models and the recursive structure on spectral curves. A sympathetic reader cares because the identification lets one import computational techniques from one side to generate or verify objects on the other. The proof works within the standard definitions already used for both the minimal string and topological recursion.

What carries the argument

The x-y swap, the operation that interchanges the roles of the x and y variables on the spectral curve inside topological recursion.

What would settle it

An explicit mismatch between the resonance-transformed correlators computed on the minimal-string side and the same quantities obtained after performing the x-y swap, for any fixed p such as p=1, would falsify the claimed equivalence.

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Core claim

The central claim is that the resonance transformations for the (2,2p+1) minimal string are realized via the x-y swap in the theory of topological recursion, which constitutes a proof of Artemev's conjecture.

Load-bearing premise

The standard definitions and algebraic structures of the (2,2p+1) minimal string and the topological recursion framework are compatible in the manner required by Artemev's conjecture.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Resonance transformations can be performed by applying the x-y swap to the spectral curve data and then running topological recursion.
  • The identification holds uniformly for every integer p in the (2,2p+1) series.
  • Topological recursion supplies an algorithmic route to the transformed amplitudes that previously required direct algebraic manipulation on the minimal-string side.

Reading between the lines

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  • The same swap mechanism may furnish a template for relating resonance transformations in other families of minimal models.
  • It raises the possibility that further operations on spectral curves could generate additional identities among minimal-string quantities.
  • The result indicates that topological recursion can serve as a generating engine for families of transformations already studied in minimal string theory.
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Summary. The manuscript presents a proof of Artemev's conjecture, establishing that the resonance transformations for the (2,2p+1) minimal string are realized via the x-y swap in the theory of topological recursion.

Significance. If the proof holds, the result supplies a direct link between resonance phenomena in minimal string models and the x-y swap operation of topological recursion. This could enable new algebraic manipulations and computations in both frameworks. The paper's explicit goal of proving an external conjecture is a positive feature when the derivation is self-contained.

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We thank the referee for their assessment of the manuscript and for acknowledging the value of a self-contained proof of Artemev's conjecture. The report lists no specific major comments, so we have no individual points to address point-by-point. The recommendation of 'uncertain' appears to reflect a general need for verification of the derivation rather than any identified flaw.

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Proof of external conjecture is self-contained with no internal circularity

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The paper is structured as a proof of Artemev's external conjecture linking resonance transformations for the (2,2p+1) minimal string to the x-y swap in topological recursion. The abstract and provided context indicate reliance on standard definitions and algebraic structures of the minimal string and topological recursion framework, without any exhibited reduction of predictions to fitted inputs, self-definitional steps, or load-bearing self-citations that collapse the derivation. No equations or intermediate claims are available that reduce by construction to the inputs, satisfying the requirement for independent content in a proof setting.

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abstract

This paper contains a proof of a recent conjecture of Artemev that connected the resonance transformations for the $(2,2p+1)$ minimal string to the $x-y$ swap in the theory of topological recursion.

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