Experimental evidence for the Volume Conjecture for the simplest hyperbolic non-2-bridge knot

DOI10.2140/AGT.2005.5.379MaRDI QIDQ2571350zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Yueheng Lan, Stavros Garoufalidis

Publication date 1 November 2005

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0412331, https://eudml.org/doc/126267, http://www.emis.de/journals/UW/agt/AGTVol5/agt-5-17.abs.html

zbMATH Keywords

Hyperbolc Volume ConjectureJones Polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract: Loosely speaking, the Volume Conjecture states that the limit of the n-th colored Jones polynomial of a hyperbolic knot, evaluated at the primitive complex n-th root of unity is a sequence of complex numbers that grows exponentially. Moreover, the exponential growth rate is proportional to the hyperbolic volume of the knot. We provide an efficient formula for the colored Jones function of the simplest hyperbolic non-2-bridge knot, and using this formula, we provide numerical evidence for the Hyperbolic Volume Conjecture for the simplest hyperbolic non-2-bridge knot.

Review text

The Volume Conjecture for hyperbolic knots consists of two parts: (a) it states that the limit of a sequence of complex numbers (involving the \(n\)-th colored Jones polynomial evaluated at the primitive complex \(n\)-th root of unity) exists and (b) it identifies the limit essentially with the hyperbolic volume of the knot. The Volume Conjecture is known only for the simplest hyperbolic knot \(4_1\). The authors develop an efficient formula for the colored Jones function of the \(k4_3\) knot, which is the simplest hyperbolic non \(2\)-bridge knot. Then using that formula they present numerical evidence (via a Fortran program) for the Volume Conjecture for the \(k4_3\) knot. For this knot they also provide among other computations a presentation of its fundamental group and peripheral system, the Alexander and \(A\)-polynomial, and the rank of the Heegaard-Floer Homology.

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