The classical-limit conjecture for the augmentation ideal
The classical-limit conjecture for the augmentation ideal
Let be a link, let be the ideal of quantum relations annihilating the distinguished class , let be the annihilator of its evaluation in antisymmetric colored HOMFLYPT polynomials, and let be the base change of to . Let be the augmentation ideal of , whose vanishing set lies in . Augmentation-ideal conjecture. For every link ,
Equivalently, is the classical limit of the ideal defining recursion relations for antisymmetric HOMFLYPT polynomials; in particular, its vanishing set is Lagrangian in . The text explains that this would follow from the vanishing of a connecting homomorphism together with the evaluation conjecture, but does not establish it.
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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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