Large-9 limit for winding Wilson loops on compact surfaces

Let Σ\Sigma, UU, CC, aa, and c=area(Σ)ac=\operatorname{area}(\Sigma)-a be as in the preceding conjecture, with CC a simple closed curve in the topological disk UU. For nZn\in\mathbb{Z}, let C(n)C^{(n)} be the loop obtained by traveling nn times around CC. The winding Wilson-loop conjecture. For every nZn\in\mathbb{Z}, the limit

limNE{tr(hol(C(n)))}\lim_{N\rightarrow\infty}\mathbb{E}\left\{\operatorname{tr}(\operatorname{hol}(C^{(n)}))\right\}

exists and depends continuously on aa and cc, and

limNVar{tr(hol(C(n)))}=0.\lim_{N\rightarrow\infty}\operatorname{Var}\left\{\operatorname{tr}(\operatorname{hol}(C^{(n)}))\right\}=0.

This strengthens the simple-closed-curve conjecture to loops with arbitrary integer winding and is intended to support the analysis of all topologically trivial loops with simple crossings. The supplied text does not state whether this extension has been resolved.

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Brian C. Hall, “The large-N limit for two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory”, arXiv:1705.07808 (2018).

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