The volume conjecture for colored HOMFLY polynomials

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Let KK be a hyperbolic knot, and let JN(n)(K;q)J_N^{(n)}(K;q) denote the colored HOMFLY polynomial, or SU(n)SU(n) invariant, associated with the symmetric representation and evaluated at qq. Let Vol⁡(S3\K)\operatorname{Vol}(\mathbb{S}^3\backslash K) and CS⁡(S3\K)\operatorname{CS}(\mathbb{S}^3\backslash K) denote the volume and Chern–Simons invariant of the knot complement. Volume conjecture for SU(n)SU(n) invariant. For a=0,1,2,…,n−2a=0,1,2,\dots,n-2 and s∈Zs\in\mathbb{Z}, one has

2πs lim⁡N→∞log⁡JN(n)(K;exp⁡(2sπiN+a))N=Vol⁡(S3\K)+iCS⁡(S3\K).2\pi s\,\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{\log J_N^{(n)}\left(K;\exp\left(\frac{2s\pi i}{N+a}\right)\right)}{N}=\operatorname{Vol}(\mathbb{S}^3\backslash K)+i\operatorname{CS}(\mathbb{S}^3\backslash K).

This is presented as an extension of the classical volume conjecture from colored Jones polynomials to colored HOMFLY polynomials. The source does not state a resolution, so its status remains open.

References

Primary source

Ka Ho Wong and Thomas Kwok-Keung Au, “Asymptotic Behavior of Colored HOMFLY Polynomial of Figure Eight Knot”, arXiv:1711.04437 (2017).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2015–2017). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1511.00658.

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