A supergroup series for knot complements
Geometric Topology
2026-05-13 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We introduce a three variable series invariant for plumbed knot complements associated with a Lie superalgebra . The invariant is a generalization of the -series invariant for closed 3-manifolds introduced by Ferrari and Putrov and an extension of the two variable series invariant defined by Gukov and Manolescu (GM) to the Lie superalgebra. We derive a surgery formula relating to invariant. We find appropriate expansion chambers for certain infinite families of torus knots and compute explicit examples. Furthermore, we provide evidence for a non semisimple decorated TQFT from the three variable series. We observe that the super itself and its results exhibit distinctive features compared to the GM series.
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@article{arxiv.2508.10279,
title = {A supergroup series for knot complements},
author = {John Chae},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.10279},
year = {2026}
}
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