The Melvin–Morton–Rozansky conjecture for the knot invariant FKF_K

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Let K⊆S3K\subseteq S^3 be a knot. Write FK(x,q)F_K(x,q) for the knot invariant, set q=eℏq={\rm e}^{\hbar}, and keep x=enℏx=e^{n\hbar} fixed, where nn is the color of KK. Let ΔK(x)\Delta_K(x) be the symmetrized Alexander polynomial, and let Pr(x)∈Q[x±1]P_r(x)\in\mathbb{Q}[x^{\pm1}] with P0(x)=1P_0(x)=1. Melvin–Morton–Rozansky conjecture. The asymptotic expansion of FK(x,q)F_K(x,q) about ℏ=0\hbar=0, normalized by x1/2−x−1/2x^{1/2}-x^{-1/2}, is

FK(x,q=eℏ)x1/2−x−1/2=∑r=0∞Pr(x)ΔK(x)2r+1ℏr.\frac{F_K\big(x,q={\rm e}^{\hbar}\big)}{x^{1/2}-x^{-1/2}}=\sum_{r=0}^{\infty}\frac{P_r(x)}{\Delta_K(x)^{2r+1}}\hbar^r.

This identifies the expansion of FKF_K with the MMR expansion of the colored Jones polynomial in the large-color limit; the source states that this conjecture was proven in the cited work.

References

Primary source

John Chae, “A Cable Knot and BPS-Series”, arXiv:2101.11708 (2023).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2020–2021). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2007.13277.

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