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

Let KS3K\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 AugK(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)=AugK(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.

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Primary source

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

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