The power conjecture for colored HOMFLY homology of rational knots and links

Let LL be a rational knot or link. For each jj, let P~j(L)(a,Q,t)\tilde{P}_j(L)(a,Q,t) denote the Poincaré polynomial of reduced triply graded Λj\Lambda^j-colored HOMFLY homology with a corrected QQ-grading, and let Pj(L)(a,q,t)P_j(L)(a,q,t) denote the ordinary Poincaré polynomial.

Power conjecture. There exists a corrected QQ-grading such that

P~j(L)(a,Q,t)=(P~1(L)(a,Q,t))j.\tilde{P}_j(L)(a,Q,t)=\bigl(\tilde{P}_1(L)(a,Q,t)\bigr)^j.

In particular,

Pj(L)(a,1,t)=(P1(L)(a,1,t))j.P_j(L)(a,1,t)=\bigl(P_1(L)(a,1,t)\bigr)^j.

The conjecture asserts that higher-color homologies of rational knots and links are governed by powers of the uncolored homology. The supplied text gives no evidence of resolution, so its status remains open.

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Primary source

Paul Wedrich, “Categorified sl(N) invariants of colored rational tangles”, arXiv:1404.2736 (2014).

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