The three-component skein invariant sum conjecture

Let L1L_1 and L2L_2 be links with three components. For each cc, let Σc(L)\Sigma^c(L) denote the sum of the elements of the set Fpc\mathbf{F}^c_p associated with LL, where pp records the relevant coloring type. Three-component sum conjecture. If

Σ1(L1)=Σ1(L2),\Sigma^1(L_1)=\Sigma^1(L_2),

then

Σ3(L1)Σ2(L1)=Σ3(L2)Σ2(L2).\Sigma^3(L_1)-\Sigma^2(L_1)=\Sigma^3(L_2)-\Sigma^2(L_2).

The conjecture proposes an identity among the sums of the colored-link skein invariant values for three-component links; the supplied text does not state whether it has been proved or disproved.

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Primary source

Francesca Aicardi, “New invariants of links from a skein invariant of colored links”, arXiv:1512.00686 (2015).

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