Oblomkov–Shende conjecture for HOMFLY polynomials of algebraic links

Let CC be a curve in C2\mathbb{C}^2 given by f(x,y)=0f(x,y)=0 and passing through the origin. Intersecting CC with the boundary of a sufficiently small ball around the origin gives an oriented link in the 33-sphere. Let C0[n]C^{[n]}_0 be the moduli space of pairs (F,s)(F,s) with FF a torsion-free sheaf on CC, s:OCFs:{\mathcal O}_C\to F a section, and dimF/sOC=n\dim F/s{\mathcal O}_C=n, whose section vanishes only at the origin. Let C0[n];mC^{[n];m}_0 be the locus where m=dimCF/(x,y)Fm=\dim_{\mathbb C}F/(x,y)F, and let μ=dimCC[[x,y]]/(xf,yf)\mu=\dim_{\mathbb C}\mathbb{C}[[x,y]]/(\partial_xf,\partial_yf) be the Milnor number. If H(L)H(L) denotes the HOMFLY polynomial of the link LL, then Oblomkov–Shende conjecture.

H(the link of C)=(Qq)μ1n,mqn(1Q)mχ(C0[n];m).H(\text{the link of }C)=\left(\frac{Q}{q}\right)^{\mu-1}\sum_{n,m}q^n(1-Q)^m\chi(C^{[n];m}_0).

The source explains that this conjecture was proven mathematically for torus knots, while presenting the surrounding argument as a physics proof. Thus the general statement is treated as open here, with known special cases.

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D. -E. Diaconescu, V. Shende and C. Vafa, “Large N duality, lagrangian cycles, and algebraic knots”, arXiv:1111.6533 (2011).

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