Cyclotomic expansion conjecture for colored SU(n)SU(n) invariants

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Let K\mathcal{K} be a knot, let nn be fixed, and let JNSU(n)(K;q)J_N^{SU(n)}(\mathcal{K};q) denote its colored SU(n)SU(n) invariant. For N≥0N\geq 0, define

CN+1,k(n)={N−(k−1)}{N−(k−2)}⋯{N−1}{N}{N+n}{N+n+1}⋯{N+n+(k−1)}C_{N+1,k}^{(n)}=\{N-(k-1)\}\{N-(k-2)\}\cdots \{N-1\}\{N\}\{N+n\}\{N+n+1\}\cdots \{N+n+(k-1)\}

for k=1,…,Nk=1,\ldots,N, with CN+1,0(n)=1C_{N+1,0}^{(n)}=1.

Cyclotomic expansion conjecture. For any knot K\mathcal{K}, there exist Laurent polynomials Hk(n)(K)∈Z[q,q−1]H_k^{(n)}(\mathcal{K})\in\mathbb{Z}[q,q^{-1}], independent of NN, such that

JNSU(n)(K;q)=∑k=0NCN+1,k(n)Hk(n)(K).J_N^{SU(n)}(\mathcal{K};q)=\sum_{k=0}^{N}C_{N+1,k}^{(n)}H_k^{(n)}(\mathcal{K}).

In particular, J0SU(n)(K;q)=H0(n)(K)=1J_0^{SU(n)}(\mathcal{K};q)=H_0^{(n)}(\mathcal{K})=1.

This is the cyclotomic expansion conjecture for colored SU(n)SU(n) invariants, motivated by congruence skein relations and Habiro's cyclotomic expansion for the colored Jones polynomial. The paper's abstract states that its results prove the formula for double twist knots, but the supplied text does not establish whether the conjecture in this general form has been resolved.

References

Primary source

Qingtao Chen, Kefeng Liu and Shengmao Zhu, “Cyclotomic expansions for the colored HOMFLY-PT invariants of double twist knots”, arXiv:2110.03616 (2021).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2015–2021). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1511.00658.

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