Level-six torsion conjecture for the HOMFLYPT Yang–Baxter operator

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Let R(m)R_{(m)} be the level-mm Yang–Baxter operator yielding the HOMFLYPT polynomial, let k=Z[y2]k=\mathbb{Z}[y^2], and let a6(m),b6(m),c6(m),d6(m)a_6(m),b_6(m),c_6(m),d_6(m) denote the multiplicities in the proposed decomposition. Level-six torsion conjecture. Over k=Zk=\mathbb{Z} with y=2y=2,

H6(R(m),Z)=Za6(m)⊕Z3b6(m)⊕Z15c6(m)⊕Z315d6(m).H_6(R_{(m)},\mathbb{Z})=\mathbb{Z}^{a_6(m)}\oplus\mathbb{Z}_3^{b_6(m)}\oplus\mathbb{Z}_{15}^{c_6(m)}\oplus\mathbb{Z}_{315}^{d_6(m)}.

Over k=Z[y2]k=\mathbb{Z}[y^2],

H6(R(m))=ka6(m)⊕(k1−y2)b6(m)⊕(k1−y4)c6(m)⊕(k(1−y2)(1+y2)(1+y2+y4))d6(m).H_6(R_{(m)})=k^{a_6(m)}\oplus\left(\frac{k}{1-y^2}\right)^{b_6(m)}\oplus\left(\frac{k}{1-y^4}\right)^{c_6(m)}\oplus\left(\frac{k}{(1-y^2)(1+y^2)(1+y^2+y^4)}\right)^{d_6(m)}.

The conjecture is motivated by computations, including the observed additional torsion factor; the source only notes the lower bound d6(m)≥m(m−1)d_6(m)\geq m(m-1) and does not resolve the full decomposition.

References

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Anthony Christiana, Ben Clingenpeel, Huizheng Guo, Jinseok Oh, Jozef H. Przytycki, Xiao Wang and Hongdae Yun, “Low Dimensional Homology of the Yang-Baxter Operators Yielding the HOMFLYPT Polynomial”, arXiv:2502.20659 (2025).

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