Abstract
We study three-dimensional Chern-Simons theory with complex gauge group
SL(2,C), which has many interesting connections with three-dimensional quantum
gravity and geometry of hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We show that, in the presence
of a single knotted Wilson loop in an infinite-dimensional representation of
the gauge group, the classical and quantum properties of such theory are
described by an algebraic curve called the A-polynomial of a knot. Using this
approach, we find some new and rather surprising relations between the
A-polynomial, the colored Jones polynomial, and other invariants of hyperbolic
3-manifolds. These relations generalize the volume conjecture and the
Melvin-Morton-Rozansky conjecture, and suggest an intriguing connection between
the SL(2,C) partition function and the colored Jones polynomial.
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