The Large-Color Expansion Derived from the Universal Invariant
Geometric Topology
2026-03-20 v3 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
The colored Jones polynomial associated to a knot admits an expansion of knot invariants known as the large-color expansion or Melvin-Morton-Rozansky expansion. We will show how this expansion can be derived from the universal invariant arising from a Hopf algebra , as introduced by Bar-Natan and Van der Veen. We utilize a Mathematica implementation to compute the universal invariant up to a certain order for a given knot , allowing for experimental verification of our theoretical results.
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@article{arxiv.2411.11569,
title = {The Large-Color Expansion Derived from the Universal Invariant},
author = {Boudewijn Bosch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.11569},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
21 pages (Corrected a few typos from the previous version, added the notion of XC-algebras, clarified multiple images, and improved wording)