Asymptotic expansion conjecture for TQFT curve operators

Let MM be the moduli space, let T{\mathcal T} be the parameter space, and let PP be a formal trivialization of the formal Hitchin connection, with expansion P=l0P(l)hlP=\sum_{l\geq 0}P^{(l)}h^l. For any one-dimensional oriented submanifold γ\gamma and any labeling λ\lambda of the components of γ\gamma, let Zk(n,d)(γ,λ)Z^{(n,d)}_k(\gamma,\lambda) be the corresponding TQFT curve operator and let hγ,λh_{\gamma,\lambda} be its associated symbol. Asymptotic expansion conjecture. The mapping class group equivariant formal trivialization of the formal Hitchin connection exists, and

Zk(n,d)(γ,λ)TP(hγ,λ)(k).Z^{(n,d)}_k(\gamma,\lambda)\sim T^{(k)}_{P(h_{\gamma,\lambda})}.

More explicitly, for all LL and all σT\sigma\in{\mathcal T},

Zk(n,d)(γ,λ)l=0LTPσ(l)(hγ,λ)(k)1(k+n/2)l=O(kL+1).\left\|Z^{(n,d)}_k(\gamma,\lambda)-\sum_{l=0}^L T^{(k)}_{P^{(l)}_\sigma(h_{\gamma,\lambda})}\frac{1}{(k+n/2)^l}\right\|=O(k^{L+1}).

This conjecture predicts that TQFT curve operators admit a full asymptotic expansion governed by the mapping class group equivariant formal trivialization of the formal Hitchin connection. The paper proves existence of the trivialization only to first order, so the all-orders existence and expansion remain open.

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Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen and Niels Leth Gammelgaard, “Hitchin's Projectively Flat Connection, Toeplitz Operators and the Asymptotic Expansion of TQFT Curve Operators”, arXiv:0903.4091 (2009).

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