Character-variety conjecture for the complexified cord ring

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Let KK be a knot, let Σ2(K)\Sigma_2(K) be its double branched cover, and let HC0ab⁡(K)HC_0^{\operatorname{ab}}(K) denote the abelianized degree-zero contact homology, identified with the cord ring. Consider the map from the complexified cord ring to the coordinate ring of the SL2(C)SL_2(\mathbb{C}) character variety of Σ2(K)\Sigma_2(K) constructed in Proposition [the source's Proposition~]. Character-variety conjecture. This map is always an isomorphism, so that HC0ab⁡(K)⊗CHC_0^{\operatorname{ab}}(K)\otimes\mathbb{C} is precisely the coordinate ring of the character variety of Σ2(K)\Sigma_2(K). The claim is known for two-bridge knots in the discussion immediately preceding it; the general case is proposed on the basis of computations with small knots.

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Lenhard Ng, “Knot and braid invariants from contact homology II, with an appendix written jointly with Siddhartha Gadgil”, arXiv:math/0303343 (2005).

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