The congruent skein relation for reformulated colored HOMFLYPT invariants

Let L\mathcal{L} be an oriented link, let pp be prime, and let (L+,L,L0)(\mathcal{L}_+,\mathcal{L}_-,\mathcal{L}_0) be the links obtained at a distinguished crossing. Let Zˇp(L;q,t)\check{\mathcal{Z}}_p(\mathcal{L};q,t) denote the reformulated colored HOMFLYPT invariant associated with the row partition (p)(p) on every component. Write [p]=qpqp[p]=q^p-q^{-p} and {p}=qpqpqq1\{p\}=\frac{q^p-q^{-p}}{q-q^{-1}}, and interpret AB(modC)A\equiv B\pmod C as ABCZ[(qq1)2,t±1]\frac{A-B}{C}\in\mathbb{Z}[(q-q^{-1})^2,t^{\pm1}].

Congruent skein relation. If the crossing is a self-crossing of a knot, then

Zˇp(L+;q,t)Zˇp(L;q,t)(1)p1Zˇp(L0;q,t)(mod{p}2).\check{\mathcal{Z}}_{p}(\mathcal{L}_+;q,t)-\check{\mathcal{Z}}_{p}(\mathcal{L}_-;q,t)\equiv(-1)^{p-1}\check{\mathcal{Z}}_{p}(\mathcal{L}_0;q,t)\pmod{\{p\}^2}.

If instead the crossing links two different components of L\mathcal{L}, then

Zˇp(L+;q,t)Zˇp(L;q,t)(1)p1p[p]2Zˇp(L0;q,t)(mod{p}2[p]2).\check{\mathcal{Z}}_{p}(\mathcal{L}_+;q,t)-\check{\mathcal{Z}}_{p}(\mathcal{L}_-;q,t)\equiv(-1)^{p-1}p[p]^2\check{\mathcal{Z}}_{p}(\mathcal{L}_0;q,t)\pmod{\{p\}^2[p]^2}.

The source attributes this proposed relation to earlier work and does not provide a resolution of it.

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Primary source

Qingtao Chen and Shengmao Zhu, “Full Colored HOMFLYPT Invariants, Composite Invariants and Congruent Skein Relation”, arXiv:1410.2211 (2014).

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