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A $q$-series identity via the $\mathfrak{sl}_3$ colored Jones polynomials for the $(2,2m)$-torus link

Geometric Topology 2021-01-06 v1 Combinatorics Number Theory

Abstract

The colored Jones polynomial is a qq-polynomial invariant of links colored by irreducible representations of a simple Lie algebra. A qq-series called a tail is obtained as the limit of the sl2\mathfrak{sl}_2 colored Jones polynomials {Jn(K;q)}n\{J_n(K;q)\}_n for some link KK, for example, an alternating link. For the sl3\mathfrak{sl}_3 colored Jones polynomials, the existence of a tail is unknown. We give two explicit formulas of the tail of the sl3\mathfrak{sl}_3 colored Jones polynomials colored by (n,0)(n,0) for the (2,2m)(2,2m)-torus link. These two expressions of the tail provide an identity of qq-series. This is a knot-theoretical generalization of the Andrews-Gordon identities for the Ramanujan false theta function.

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@article{arxiv.1612.02144,
  title  = {A $q$-series identity via the $\mathfrak{sl}_3$ colored Jones polynomials for the $(2,2m)$-torus link},
  author = {Wataru Yuasa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.02144},
  year   = {2021}
}

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