A non-commutative formula for the colored Jones function

DOI10.1007/S00208-006-0018-6MaRDI QIDQ863407zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stavros Garoufalidis, Martin Loebl

Publication date 26 January 2007

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0411505

zbMATH Keywords

colored Jones functionfermionic partition functionJones polynomialknotMelvin-Morton-Rozansky conjecture

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Abstract: The colored Jones function of a knot is a sequence of Laurent polynomials that encodes the Jones polynomial of a knot and its parallels. It has been understood in terms of representations of quantum groups and Witten gave an intrinsic quantum field theory interpretation of the colored Jones function as the expectation value of Wilson loops of a 3-dimensional gauge theory, the Chern-Simons theory. We present the colored Jones function as an evaluation of the inverse of a non-commutative fermionic partition function. This result is in the form familiar in quantum field theory, namely the inverse of a generalized determinant. Our formula also reveals a direct relation between the Alexander polynomial and the colored Jones function of a knot and immediately implies the extensively studied Melvin-Morton-Rozansky conjecture, first proved by Bar-Natan and the first author about ten years ago.

Review text

The colored Jones function for a knot \(K\) is the function which maps each positive integer \(n\) to the \(n\)th colored Jones polynomial \(J_n(K,q)\in\mathbb{Z}[q,q^{-1}]\), associated to the \(n\)-dimensional irreducible representation of the quantum group \(U_q(sl_2)\). The paper under review gives a ``noncommutative formula for the colored Jones function: For every knot diagram \(K\), there is a matrix \(B_K'\) with entries in a certain noncommutative algebra such that \(J_n(K,q)\) is equal up to multiplication by some power of \(q\) to the inverse of a signed sum of \(q\)-determinants of submatrices of \(B_K'\), interpreted as a ``noncommutative fermionic partition function. The formula immediately implies the Melvin-Morton-Rozansky conjecture, relating the colored Jones polynomial to the Alexander polynomial, first proved by \textit{D. Bar-Natan} and \textit{S. Garoufalidis} [Invent. Math. 125, 103--133 (1996; Zbl 0855.57004)]. The paper under review complements a work of \textit{V. Huynh} and \textit{T. Q. Le} [On the colored Jones polynomial and the Kashaev invariant, math.GT/0503296], in which a formula for the colored Jones polynomial is given.

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