Aganagic–Vafa conjecture relating the augmentation and Q-deformed A-polynomials

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Let K⊂S3K\subset S^3 be a knot, and let AK(ex,ep,Q)\mathbf{A}_K(e^x,e^p,Q) denote the three-variable QQ-deformed AA-polynomial associated with the mirror construction for the resolved conifold. Let Aug⁡K(λ,μ,U)\operatorname{Aug}_K(\lambda,\mu,U) be the three-variable augmentation polynomial. Aganagic–Vafa conjecture. For every knot KK,

AK(ex,ep,Q)=Aug⁡K(λ=ex,μ=ep,U=Q).\mathbf{A}_K(e^x,e^p,Q)=\operatorname{Aug}_K(\lambda=e^x,\mu=e^p,U=Q).

The conjecture would connect knot contact homology with the QQ-deformed AA-polynomial and, through the latter, with information from topological strings and knot homologies. It has strong circumstantial evidence but was not rigorously proved in the source.

References

Primary source

Lenhard Ng, “A topological introduction to knot contact homology”, arXiv:1210.4803 (2014).

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