Factorization of colored knot polynomials at roots of unity
Abstract
From analysis of a big variety of different knots we conclude that at q which is an root of unity, q^{2m}=1, HOMFLY polynomials in symmetric representations [r] satisfy recursion identity: H_{r+m} = H_r H_m for any A, which is a generalization of the property H_r = (H_1)^r for special polynomials at q=1. We conjecture a natural generalization to arbitrary representation R, which, however, is checked only for torus knots. Next, Kashaev polynomial, which arises from H_R at q=exp(i\pi/|R|), turns equal to the special polynomial with A substituted by A^|R|, provided R is a single-hook representations (e.g. arbitrary symmetric) -- what provides a q-A dual to the similar property of Alexander polynomial. All this implies non-trivial relations for the coefficients of the differential expansions, which are believed to provide reasonable coordinates in the space of knots -- existence of such universal relations means that these variables are still not unconstrained.
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@article{arxiv.1505.06170,
title = {Factorization of colored knot polynomials at roots of unity},
author = {Ya. Kononov and A. Morozov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.06170},
year = {2015}
}
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12 pages