The residue formula for almost abelian 0-surgery invariants

Let KnK_n be the twist knot indexed by nn, let FKn(x,q)F_{K_n}(x,q) be its two-variable invariant, and let ΔKn(x)=nx+nx1(2n1)\Delta_{K_n}(x)=nx+nx^{-1}-(2n-1) be its Alexander polynomial. Choose a solution x0x_0 of

ΔKn(x)=0.\Delta_{K_n}(x)=0.

The residue formula.

Z0()(S03(Kn))Resx=x0x1/2x1/2xFKn(x,q).Z_0^{(-)}\left(S^3_0(K_n)\right)\cong\operatorname{Res}_{x=x_0}\frac{x^{1/2}-x^{-1/2}}{x}F_{K_n}(x,q).

The two possible choices of x0x_0 give residues differing only by sign. This conjecture proposes that the almost abelian invariant for twist-knot 0-surgery is recovered from a residue of the two-variable series at a root of the Alexander polynomial, suggesting a link with the unipotent branch of the flat-connection moduli space.

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Sungbong Chun, Sergei Gukov, Sunghyuk Park and Nikita Sopenko, “3d-3d correspondence for mapping tori”, arXiv:1911.08456 (2019).

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