English

Harer-Zagier formulas for families of twisted hyperbolic knots

Mathematical Physics 2025-06-11 v2 math.MP

Abstract

In an attempt to generalise knot matrix models for non-torus knots, which currently remains an open problem, we derived formulas for the Harer-Zagier transform of the HOMFLY-PT polynomial for some infinite families of twisted hyperbolic knots. Among them, we found a family of Pretzel knots for which the transform has a fully factorised form, while for the remaining families considered it consists of sums of factorised terms. Their zeros have a remarkable structure as the modulus of their product always equals unity.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2307.05919,
  title  = {Harer-Zagier formulas for families of twisted hyperbolic knots},
  author = {Andreani Petrou and Shinobu Hikami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.05919},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

9 pages, 9 figures