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A unification of the ADO and colored Jones polynomials of a knot

Quantum Algebra 2020-05-19 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

In this paper we prove that the family of colored Jones polynomials of a knot in S3S^3 determines the family of ADO polynomials of this knot. More precisely, we construct a two variables knot invariant unifying both the ADO and the colored Jones polynomials. On one hand, the first variable qq can be evaluated at 2r2r roots of unity with rNr \in \Bbb N^* and we obtain the ADO polynomial over the Alexander polynomial. On the other hand, the second variable AA evaluated at A=qnA=q^n gives the colored Jones polynomials. From this, we exhibit a map sending, for any knot, the family of colored Jones polynomials to the family of ADO polynomials. As a direct application of this fact, we will prove that every ADO polynomial is q-holonomic and is annihilated by the same polynomials as of the colored Jones function. The construction of the unified invariant will use completions of rings and algebra. We will also show how to recover our invariant from Habiro's quantum sl2\mathfrak{sl}_2 completion studied in arXiv:math/0605313.

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@article{arxiv.2003.09854,
  title  = {A unification of the ADO and colored Jones polynomials of a knot},
  author = {Sonny Willetts},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.09854},
  year   = {2020}
}

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v2: 30 pages, Added two applications: 1) A proof of q-holonomy for ADO polynomials ; 2) A connection with h-adic loop expansion formula and similarities with Gukov-Manolescu power serie