Finite-dimensionality conjecture for link invariants

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Let LL be a link whose components are labeled by representations, and let Φ(L)\Phi(L) denote its invariant. A representation is minuscule in the usual representation-theoretic sense.

Finite-dimensionality conjecture. The invariant Φ(L)\Phi(L) is only finite-dimensional if all components of LL are labeled with minuscule representations.

This predicts that infinite-dimensional invariants are typical when at least one component is labeled by a non-minuscule representation; the source gives the claim without resolving its status.

References

Primary source

Ben Webster, “Knot invariants and higher representation theory”, arXiv:1309.3796 (2015).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2010–2013). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1005.4559.

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