Shading A-polynomials via huge representations of $U_q(\mathfrak{su}_N)$
Abstract
Classical A-polynomials define constraints on coordinates and in (a complexification of ) character varieties associated to knot complements . Quantum A-polynomials are difference operators annihilating Jones polynomials believed to represent wave functions of 3d Chern-Simons theory with gauge group on a toroidal pipe surrounding the knot strand -- a boundary of the knot complements . We suggest a construction of classical shaded A-polynomials associated to Lie groups . We exploit a formalism of Clebsh-Gordan (CG) chords, where indices , , run over . CG chords have a natural interpretation in terms of 2d CFTs of WZW type, or, alternatively, in terms of quantum group . In the case of CG chords could be associated to Reeb chords in a knot contact homology (KCH) framework. KCH suggests its own analogue of A-polynomials known as augmentation polynomials allowed to have extra spurious roots in principle. Yet the CG chord formalism could be easily extended to arbitrary allowing us to generalize the construction of A(ugmentation)-polynomials to arbitrary and arbitrary representation as well. Primarily we aim at classical A-polynomials by considering a double scaling limit when , and the representations are huge, in particular, highest weight vector components so that remain finite. Still we expect the presented techniques would be helpful in deriving quantum A-polynomials for arbitrary Lie (super)algebras . Also we discuss explicit examples of A-polynomials for knots , and for .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.22560,
title = {Shading A-polynomials via huge representations of $U_q(\mathfrak{su}_N)$},
author = {Dmitry Galakhov and Alexei Morozov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.22560},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
36 pages, 7 figures