Integrality conjecture for reformulated colored Kauffman invariants of knots

Let K{\cal K} be a knot, let RR be a representation, and let h^R(t,ν)\hat h_R(t,\nu) and g^R(t,ν)\hat g_R(t,\nu) be the reformulated colored Kauffman invariants obtained by applying the inverse matrix M1M^{-1} to the corresponding reformulated invariants. Set z=tt1z=t-t^{-1}. Kauffman integrality conjecture for knots. There are integers NR;g,Qc=0N^{c=0}_{R;g,Q}, NR;g,Qc=1N^{c=1}_{R;g,Q} and NR;g,Qc=2N^{c=2}_{R;g,Q} such that

h^R(t,ν)z1Z[z2,ν±1],g^R(t,ν)Z[z,ν±1],\hat h_R(t,\nu)\in z^{-1}{\mathbb Z}[z^2,\nu^{\pm1}],\qquad \hat g_R(t,\nu)\in{\mathbb Z}[z,\nu^{\pm1}],

with

h^R(t,ν)=z1g0QZNR;g,Qc=0z2gνQ,\hat h_R(t,\nu)=z^{-1}\sum_{g\geq0}\sum_{Q\in{\mathbb Z}}N^{c=0}_{R;g,Q}z^{2g}\nu^Q, g^R(t,ν)=g0QZ(NR;g,Qc=1z2gνQ+NR;g,Qc=2z2g+1νQ).\hat g_R(t,\nu)=\sum_{g\geq0}\sum_{Q\in{\mathbb Z}}\left(N^{c=1}_{R;g,Q}z^{2g}\nu^Q+N^{c=2}_{R;g,Q}z^{2g+1}\nu^Q\right).

This predicts an integral BPS-type expansion for the reformulated Kauffman invariants and is the Kauffman analogue of the colored HOMFLY integrality conjecture.

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Primary source

Marcos Marino, “String theory and the Kauffman polynomial”, arXiv:0904.1088 (2010).

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