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Orthogonal Quantum Group Invariants of Links

Quantum Algebra 2010-07-12 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We study the Chern-Simons partition function of orthogonal quantum group invariants, and propose a new orthogonal Labastida-Mari\~{n}o-Ooguri-Vafa conjecture as well as degree conjecture for free energy associated to the orthogonal Chern-Simons partition function. We prove the degree conjecture and some interesting cases of orthogonal LMOV conjecture. In particular, We provide a formula of colored Kauffman polynomials for torus knots and links, and applied this formula to verify certain case of the conjecture at roots of unity except 11. We also derive formulas of Lickorish-Millett type for Kauffman polynomials and relate all these to the orthogonal LMOV conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1007.1656,
  title  = {Orthogonal Quantum Group Invariants of Links},
  author = {Lin Chen and Qingtao Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.1656},
  year   = {2010}
}

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51 pages, 7 figures