The evaluation-map conjecture for the HOMFLYPT difference module

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Let LL be a link, let Hq(L)\mathsf{H}_q(L) be its HOMFLYPT difference module, let [L][L] be its distinguished link class, and let ev ⁣:H(L)Fr\mathsf{ev}\colon \mathsf{H}(L)\to \mathcal{F}_r be the evaluation map. Let Iq(L)I_q(L) be the annihilator of [L][L] and let Iq(L)I_q'(L) be the annihilator of ev([L])\mathsf{ev}([L]). Evaluation-map conjecture. The map ev\mathsf{ev} is injective and

Iq(L)=Iq(L).I_q(L)=I_q'(L).

This is the formal conjecture underlying the claim that the HOMFLYPT difference module captures exactly the relations among antisymmetric colored HOMFLYPT polynomials; its resolution would also clarify the relation between the quantum recursion ideal and its classical augmentation ideal. The supplied text gives no resolution.

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Ben Webster and Meri Zaimi, “Knot contact homology as a planar limit of Chern-Simons theory”, arXiv:2602.12404 (2026).

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