Large- N torus knots in lens spaces and their quiver structure
We study colored Hoste, Ocneanu, Millett, Freyd, Lickorish, Yetter, Przytycki, and Traczyk invariants of torus knots in the lens space S3/Zp within U(N) Chern–Simons (CS) theory. Using the surgery and modular description of lens spaces, we derive a general expression for the invariant of an (α, β) torus knot in this background. In the large-N limit these invariants simplify and acquire a universal form: the invariant of an (α, β) torus knot in S3/Zp can be expressed in terms of the invariant of the (α, α + pβ) torus knot in S3. After an appropriate redefinition of knot variables, the generating functions of these invariants exhibit a structure analogous to quiver partition functions. Since the associated quiver is independent of the rank N and level k of CS theory, the large-N result provides a direct way to identify the underlying quiver, allowing us to determine the quiver structure associated with torus knots in S3/Zp.
Authors
- Suvankar Dutta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8815-6787)
- Ritabrata Bhattacharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6688-0969)
- Nitin Verma
- Naman Pasari
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Published
- 2026-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0336021
- Primary Topic
- Geometric and Algebraic Topology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00