Colored Jones polynomials and the volume conjecture

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• Prof Vishnu Jejjala, School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand
• Tuesday 24 June 2025, 14:00-15:30
• Computer Lab, FW26 and Online (link in abstract).

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I explain that correlations among the topological invariants of knots can be machine learned. The volume conjecture, which relates quantum and classical knot invariants, supplies a case study for opening up the black box, identifying salient features in a dataset, and using this to deduce how the machine learns. I detail the construction of colored Jones polynomials in the adjoint representation of SU(2) and apply neural networks on this dataset to predict the volume of the knot complement of hyperbolic knots. Based on these experiments, I propose an improved statement of the volume conjecture.

Venue: The Computer Laboratory, FW26

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