The inhomogeneous AJ conjecture for the nonabelian A-polynomial factor

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Let KK be a knot. Let PK0(q,E,Q)P_K^0(q,E,Q) be the factor of the AqA_q-polynomial corresponding to the inhomogeneous recursive relation, let AK(l,α)A_K(l,\alpha) be the AA-polynomial, let AK(l,α)A'_K(l,\alpha) denote its nonabelian factor

AK(l,α)=AK(l,α)l1,A'_K(l,\alpha)=\frac{A_K(l,\alpha)}{l-1},

and let ε\varepsilon be evaluation at q=1q=1. Inhomogeneous AJ conjecture. One has

εPK0(l,α2)=AK(l,α)\varepsilon P_K^0(l,\alpha^2)=A'_K(l,\alpha)

up to multiplication by an element of Q(α)\mathbb{Q}(\alpha). This conjecture proposes that the inhomogeneous recurrence detects the nonabelian representation component encoded by the AA-polynomial; its general status is open.

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Primary source

Shun Sawabe, “On the Potential Function of the Colored Jones Polynomial and the AJ conjecture”, arXiv:2212.09294 (2025).

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