Existence of a lifted Markov trace for cubic Hecke algebras

Let Q(x)=x3αx2βx1Q(x)=x^3-\alpha x^2-\beta x-1, and let H(Q,n)=C[Bn]/(Q(bj);j=1,,n1)H(Q,n)=\mathbb{C}[B_n]/(Q(b_j);\,j=1,\dots,n-1) be the cubic Hecke algebra. The invariant I(α,β)I_{(\alpha,\beta)} is defined by a Markov trace on these algebras. Lifted Markov trace conjecture. There exists a Markov trace on H(Q,n)H(Q,n) taking values in an algebraic extension of Z[α,β]\mathbb{Z}[\alpha,\beta] that lifts the Markov trace underlying I(α,β)I_{(\alpha,\beta)}. This would provide a genuine two-parameter extension of the invariant constructed in the paper; the source does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.

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Paolo Bellingeri and Louis Funar, “Polynomial invariants of links satisfying cubic skein relations”, arXiv:math/0009233 (2004).

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