The \(\mathrm{SL}_{3}\) colored Jones polynomial of the trefoil (Q2838979)

The paper under review supplies explicit formulae for the \(\mathfrak{sl}_3\) coloured Jones polynomials for \(T(2,n)\) torus knots. For the trefoil (the \(n=3\) case) the formula agrees with a result of \textit{R. Lawrence} [Topology Appl. 127, No.1--2, 153--168 (2003; Zbl 1022.57005)], while for higher values of \(n\) it adds to the small number of explicit computations of coloured Jones polynomial computations which exist beyond the \(\mathfrak{sl}_2\) case, providing additional support to the Degree Conjecture.NEWLINENEWLINEThe formulae in the paper are realizations of a method of \textit{V. Jones} and \textit{M. Rosso}, which requires a plethysm function [J. Knot Theory Ramifications 2, No. 1, 97--112 (1993; Zbl 0787.57006)]. The technical content of the paper under review is a computation of the ``second plethysm function'' of an arbitrary representation of \(\mathfrak{sl}_3\). This is carried out in two ways, one of which makes essential use of a formula due to \textit{L. Carini} and \textit{J. B. Remmel} [Discrete Math. 193, No. 1--3, 147--177 (1998; Zbl 1061.05505)].