The FKF_K-slope conjecture

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Let FK(x,q)F_K(x,q) be the FKF_K invariant, with coefficient expansion FK(x,q)=x1/2∑n≥0fn(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

deg⁡q(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)}n∈N,\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 S3∖KS^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.

References

Primary source

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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