Oblomkov–Shende conjecture for the HOMFLY polynomial of a curve singularity

Let CC be a locally planar curve, let pCp\in C, and let cc be the analytic germ of CC at pp. Suppose that cc has bb branches and contributes δ\delta to the arithmetic genus. Let PP_\infty denote the coefficient of the lowest power of aa in the HOMFLY polynomial, and let nh(c)n_h(c) be the Hilbert-scheme invariants of the germ. Then

Oblomkov–Shende conjecture.

P(Link(C,p))=h=0δnh(c)z2hb.P_\infty(\operatorname{Link}(C,p)) = \sum_{h=0}^\delta n_h(c) z^{2h-b}.

This conjecture relates the topology of the link of a locally planar curve singularity to Hilbert schemes of points on the curve germ. The source supplies no evidence of a resolution, so its status is left open.

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Vivek Shende, “Hilbert schemes of points on a locally planar curve and the Severi strata of its versal deformation”, arXiv:1009.0914 (2011).

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