The FKF_K-slope conjecture

Let FK(x,q)F_K(x,q) be the FKF_K invariant, with coefficient expansion FK(x,q)=x1/2n0fn(q)xnF_K(x,q)=x^{1/2}\sum_{n\geq 0}f_n(q)x^n. For sufficiently large nn, write the minimal qq-degree as a quadratic quasi-polynomial

degq(fn)=a(n)n2+b(n)n+c(n),\deg_q(f_n)=a(n)n^2+b(n)n+c(n),

where a(n)a(n), b(n)b(n), and c(n)c(n) are periodic functions. Define the finite set of FKF_K-slopes by

\fs(K)={1a(n)}nN,\fs(K)=\left\{\frac{1}{a(n)}\right\}_{n\in\mathbb N},

and let \bs(K)\bs(K) be the collection of boundary slopes of essential surfaces in S3KS^3\setminus K. FKF_K-slope conjecture.

\fs(K)\bs(K).\fs(K)\subset\bs(K).

This is an analogue for the FKF_K invariant of Garoufalidis's slope conjecture for the colored Jones function. The source reports verification for the stated finite census, but the general assertion is open.

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Paul Orland, Lara San Martín Suárez, Toby Saunders-A'Court and Josef Svoboda, “Quantum Invariants and Fiberedness”, arXiv:2512.23700 (2026).

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