Complexified volume conjecture for hyperbolic knots and links

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Let KK be a hyperbolic knot or link, so that S3∖KS^3\setminus K admits a hyperbolic structure. Let JN−1(K)J_{N-1}(K) be the normalized colored Jones polynomial at q=exp⁡(πi/N)q=\exp(\pi i/N), and let Vol(K)\mathrm{Vol}(K) denote the hyperbolic volume of S3∖KS^3\setminus K. Let CS(K)\mathrm{CS}(K) be 2π22\pi^2 times the Chern–Simons invariant cs(S3∖K)cs(S^3\setminus K), where cs(S3∖K)cs(S^3\setminus K) is a real number between 00 and 1/21/2. Complexified volume conjecture. For a hyperbolic knot or link KK,

2 π lim⁡N→∞log⁡JN−1(K)N=Vol(K)+CS(K) −1(mod⁡ π2−1 Z).2\,\pi\,\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{\log J_{N-1}(K)}{N}=\mathrm{Vol}(K)+\mathrm{CS}(K)\,\sqrt{-1}\quad (\operatorname{mod}\ \pi^2\sqrt{-1}\,\mathbb{Z}).

This refines the ordinary volume conjecture by incorporating the Chern–Simons invariant into a complex asymptotic. The supplied text does not state whether this conjecture has been resolved.

References

Primary source

Jun Murakami, “Complexified tetrahedrons, fundamental groups, and volume conjecture for double twist knots”, arXiv:2501.00225 (2025).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2004–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1406.1287, arXiv:math/0401084.

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