The non-commutative A-polynomial of twist knots

DOI10.1142/S021821651000856XzbMATH Open1222.57008arXiv0802.4074OpenAlexW2963974561MaRDI QIDQ3074561FDOQ3074561

Authors: Stavros Garoufalidis, Xinyu Sun 

Publication date: 9 February 2011

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The purpose of the paper is two-fold: to introduce a multivariable creative telescoping method, and to apply it in a problem of Quantum Topology: namely the computation of the non-commutative $A$-polynomial of twist knots. Our multivariable creative telescoping method allows us to compute linear recursions for sums of the form $J(n)=su{m}_{k}c(n,k)hatJ(k)$ given a recursion relation for $(hatJ(n))$ a the hypergeometric kernel $c(n,k)$. As an application of our method, we explicitly compute the non-commutative $A$-polynomial for twist knots with -8 and 11 crossings. The non-commutative $A$-polynomial of a knot encodes the monic, linear, minimal order $q$-difference equation satisfied by the sequence of colored Jones polynomials of the knot. Its specialization to $q=1$ is conjectured to be the better-known $A$-polynomial of a knot, which encodes important information about the geometry and topology of the knot complement. Unlike the case of the Jones polynomial, which is easily computable for knots with 50 crossings, the $A$-polynomial is harder to compute and already unknown for some knots with 12 crossings.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.4074

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zbMATH Keywords

\(q\)-difference equationJones polynomialcertificateknot\(A\)-polynomialcreative telescopingGosper's algorithmWilf-Zeilberger algorithmcolored Jones function\(C\)-polynomialmulti-certificatenoncommutative \(A\)-polynomial

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Uses Software

• qZeil
• SIGMA

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