Integrality conjecture for reformulated colored Kauffman invariants of links

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Let L{\cal L} be an unoriented link with LL components, colored by representations R1,…,RLR_1,\ldots,R_L. Let h^R1,…,RL(t,ν)\hat h_{R_1,\ldots,R_L}(t,\nu) and g^R1,…,RL(t,ν)\hat g_{R_1,\ldots,R_L}(t,\nu) be the reformulated colored Kauffman invariants, and set z=t−t−1z=t-t^{-1}. Kauffman integrality conjecture for links. There are integers NR1,…,RL;g,Qc=0N^{c=0}_{R_1,\ldots,R_L;g,Q}, NR1,…,RL;g,Qc=1N^{c=1}_{R_1,\ldots,R_L;g,Q} and NR1,…,RL;g,Qc=2N^{c=2}_{R_1,\ldots,R_L;g,Q} such that

h^R1,…,RL(t,ν)∈zL−2Z[z2,ν±1],g^R1,…,RL(t,ν)∈zL−1Z[z,ν±1],\hat h_{R_1,\ldots,R_L}(t,\nu)\in z^{L-2}{\mathbb Z}[z^2,\nu^{\pm1}],\qquad \hat g_{R_1,\ldots,R_L}(t,\nu)\in z^{L-1}{\mathbb Z}[z,\nu^{\pm1}],

with

h^R1,…,RL(t,ν)=zL−2∑g≥0∑Q∈ZNR1,…,RL;g,Qc=0z2gνQ,\hat h_{R_1,\ldots,R_L}(t,\nu)=z^{L-2}\sum_{g\geq0}\sum_{Q\in{\mathbb Z}}N^{c=0}_{R_1,\ldots,R_L;g,Q}z^{2g}\nu^Q, g^R1,…,RL(t,ν)=zL−1∑g≥0∑Q∈Z(NR1,…,RL;g,Qc=1z2gνQ+NR1,…,RL;g,Qc=2z2g+1νQ).\hat g_{R_1,\ldots,R_L}(t,\nu)=z^{L-1}\sum_{g\geq0}\sum_{Q\in{\mathbb Z}}\left(N^{c=1}_{R_1,\ldots,R_L;g,Q}z^{2g}\nu^Q+N^{c=2}_{R_1,\ldots,R_L;g,Q}z^{2g+1}\nu^Q\right).

This extends the knot-level Kauffman integrality prediction to unoriented links, where the reformulated invariants involve Kauffman invariants together with HOMFLY invariants for all choices of orientations.

References

Primary source

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

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