Volume conjecture for closed three-manifolds

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Let MM be a closed three-manifold. Write τN(M)\tau_N(M) for its SU(2)SU(2) Witten–Reshetikhin–Turaev invariant at level NN, let CS⁡(M)\operatorname{CS}(M) denote its Chern–Simons invariant, let ∥M∥\Vert M\Vert be its simplicial volume, and define

Vol⁡(M):=v3∥M∥.\operatorname{Vol}(M):=v_3\Vert M\Vert.

Volume conjecture for closed three-manifolds.

o ⁣-lim⁡⁡N→∞2π−1log⁡τN(M)N=CS⁡(M)+−1Vol⁡(M).\operatorname*{o\!\operatorname{-lim}}_{N\to\infty}\frac{2\pi\sqrt{-1}\log\tau_N(M)}{N}=\operatorname{CS}(M)+\sqrt{-1}\operatorname{Vol}(M).

The source calls this conjecture “very ambiguous”; it proposes a unified asymptotic relation between Witten–Reshetikhin–Turaev invariants, Chern–Simons invariants, and simplicial volume for closed three-manifolds.

References

Primary source

Hitoshi Murakami, “Optimistic calculations about the Witten–Reshetikhin–Turaev invariants of closed three-manifolds obtained from the figure-eight knot by integral Dehn surgeries”, arXiv:math/0005289 (2000).

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