Polynomial defining the maximal-dimensional augmentation component for knots

Let KR3K\subset\mathbb{R}^3 be a knot, let HC(K)HC_*(K) be its contact homology algebra, and let

VK=\setn(ϵ(λ),ϵ(μ))ϵ is an augmentation of HC(K)(C)2.V_K=\setn{(\epsilon(\lambda),\epsilon(\mu))}{\epsilon\text{ is an augmentation of }HC_*(K)}\subset(\mathbb{C}^*)^2.

Let VK\overline{V_K} denote the closure of VKV_K. Polynomial-component conjecture. The maximum-dimensional component of VK\overline{V_K} is the vanishing set of a polynomial for every knot KR3K\subset\mathbb{R}^3. This asserts algebraicity of the maximal-dimensional augmentation component, a property relevant to the relationship between knot contact homology and polynomial knot invariants. The supplied text gives no resolution or further scope for this claim.

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Christopher Cornwell, “Knot contact homology and representations of knot groups”, arXiv:1303.4943 (2014).

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