The so(3) volume conjecture for knots and links

Let LL be a knot or link. For a split link with ss split components, normalize the colored Jones invariant by dividing by the unnormalized invariant of the ss-fold unlink; denote the resulting invariant by JN(L)J_N(L). Let Vol(L)\mathrm{Vol}(L) denote the simplicial volume of the link complement. In the limit below, NN ranges over the odd positive integers.

so(3) volume conjecture. For all knots and links LL,

limN2πNlogJN(L)(eπi2N)=Vol(L).\lim_{N\to \infty}\frac{2\pi}{N}\log\left|J_N(L)\left(e^{\frac{\pi i}{2N}}\right)\right|=\mathrm{Vol}(L).

The odd-color modification is motivated by failures for split links and Whitehead chains; the source says that this conjecture still stands a chance to hold for all knots and links, but supplies no resolution.

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Roland van der Veen, “The volume conjecture for augmented knotted trivalent graphs”, arXiv:0805.0094 (2009).

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