Satellite ruling polynomials, DGA representations, and the colored HOMFLY-PT polynomial

Abstract: We establish relationships between two classes of invariants of Legendrian knots in

m a t h b b R^{3}

: Representation numbers of the Chekanov-Eliashberg DGA and satellite ruling polynomials. For positive permutation braids,

, we give a precise formula in terms of representation numbers for the

m

-graded ruling polynomial

of the satellite of

K

with

specialized at

z = q^{1 / 2} - q^{- 1 / 2}

with

q

a prime power, and we use this formula to prove that arbitrary

m

-graded satellite ruling polynomials,

R_{S (K, L)}^{m}

, are determined by the Chekanov-Eliashberg DGA of

K

. Conversely, for

m e q 1

, we introduce an

n

-colored

m

-graded ruling polynomial,

R_{n, K}^{m} (q)

, in strict analogy with the

n

-colored HOMFLY-PT polynomial, and show that the total

n

-dimensional

m

-graded representation number of

K

to

m a t h b b F_{q}^{n}

,

m b o x {R e p}_{m} (K, m a t h b b F_{q}^{n})

, is exactly equal to

R_{n, K}^{m} (q)

. In the case of

2

-graded representations, we show that

R_{n, K}^{2} = m b o x {R e p}_{2} (K, m a t h b b F_{q}^{n})

arises as a specialization of the

n

-colored HOMFLY-PT polynomial.

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