Stationary-phase conjecture for figure-eight knot surgeries

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For an integer pp, define

Vp(z,w):=−Li⁡2(zw)+Li⁡2(zw)+p4(log⁡z)2−log⁡zlog⁡w.V_p(z,w):=-\operatorname{Li}_2(zw)+\operatorname{Li}_2\left(\frac{z}{w}\right)+\frac{p}{4}(\log z)^2-\log z\log w.

Let MpM_p be the closed three-manifold obtained from the three-sphere by pp-surgery along the figure-eight knot. Stationary-phase conjecture for figure-eight knot surgeries. There exists (ζp,ωp)(\zeta_p,\omega_p) such that

∂Vp∂z(ζp,ωp)=∂Vp∂w(ζp,ωp)=0,\frac{\partial V_p}{\partial z}(\zeta_p,\omega_p)=\frac{\partial V_p}{\partial w}(\zeta_p,\omega_p)=0,

and

Vp(ζp,ωp)=CS⁡(Mp)+−1Vol⁡(Mp).V_p(\zeta_p,\omega_p)=\operatorname{CS}(M_p)+\sqrt{-1}\operatorname{Vol}(M_p).

This is presented as a weaker but more precise conjecture than the general closed-three-manifold volume conjecture, specializing the proposed asymptotics to integral surgeries on the figure-eight knot.

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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