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The theory of bottom tangles is used to construct a quantum fundamental group. On the other hand, the skein module is considered as a quantum analogue of the $SL(2)$ representation of the fundamental group. Here we construct the skein module of a knot complement by using the bottom tangles. We first construct the universal space of quantum representations, which is a quantum analogue of the fundamental group, and then factor it by the skein relation to get the skein module. We also investigate the action of the quantum torus to the boundary of complement, and derive the recurrence relation of the colored Jones polynomial, which is known as $A_q$ polynomial., Comment: 44 pages, refine references

We recover the family of non-semisimple quantum invariants of closed oriented 3-manifolds associated with the small quantum group of $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ using purely combinatorial methods based on Temperley-Lieb algebras and Kauffman bracket polynomials. These invariants can be understood as a first-order extension of Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants, which can be reformulated following our approach in the case of rational homology spheres., Comment: 62 pages, Sections 3.2 and 5.1 were added in order to fix a sign problem

We propose a new non-commutative generalization of the representation variety and the character variety of a knot group. Our strategy is to reformulate the construction of the algebra of functions on the space of representations in terms of Hopf algebra objects in a braided category (braided Hopf algebra). The construction works under the assumption that the algebra is braided commutative. The resulting knot invariant is a module with a coadjoint action. Taking the coinvariants yields a new quantum character variety that may be thought of as an alternative to the skein module. We give concrete examples for a few of the simplest knots and links., Comment: 28 pages, abstract and introduction are revised, title is changed and the main theorem, its proof and examples are reformulated

Asymptotics of quantum $6j$ symbols corresponding to a hyperbolic tetrahedra is investigated and the first two leading terms are determined for the case that the tetrahedron has a ideal or ultra-ideal vertex. These terms are given by the volume and the determinant of the Gram matrix of the tetrahedron. A relation to the volume conjecture of the Turaev-Viro invariant is also discussed., Comment: 14 pages, Section5 is rewritten

We suggest a method of computing volume for a simple polytope $P$ in three-dimensional hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^3$. This method combines the combinatorial reduction of $P$ as a trivalent graph $\Gamma$ (the $1$-skeleton of $P$) by $I-H$, or Whitehead, moves (together with shrinking of triangular faces) aligned with its geometric splitting into generalised tetrahedra. With each decomposition (under some conditions) we associate a potential function $\Phi$ such that the volume of $P$ can be expressed through a critical values of $\Phi$. The results of our numeric experiments with this method suggest that one may associated the above mentioned sequence of combinatorial moves with the sequence of moves required for computing the Kirillov-Reshetikhin invariants of the trivalent graph $\Gamma$. Then the corresponding geometric decomposition of $P$ might be used in order to establish a link between the volume of $P$ and the asymptotic behaviour of the Kirillov-Reshetikhin invariants of $\Gamma$, which is colloquially know as the Volume Conjecture., Comment: 28 pages, 26 figures, 2 tables

The potential function of the optimistic limit of the colored Jones polynomial and the construction of the solution of the hyperbolicity equations were defined in the authors' previous articles. In this article, we define the Reidemeister transformations of the potential function and the solution by the changes of them under the Reidemeister moves of the link diagram and show the explicit formulas. These two formulas enable us to see the changes of the complex volume formula under the Reidemeister moves. As an application, we can simply specify the discrete faithful representation of the link group by showing a link diagram and one geometric solution., Comment: 36 pages, 25 figures. Changes only on notations

We define invariants for colored oriented spatial graphs by generalizing CM invariants, which were defined via non-integral highest weight representations of $U_q(sl_2)$. We apply the same method to define Yokota's invariants, and we call these invariants Yokota type invariants. Then we propose a volume conjecture of the Yokota type invariants of plane graphs which relates to volumes of hyperbolic polyhedra corresponding to the graphs, and check it numerically for some square pyramids and pentagonal pyramids., Comment: 15 pages

In this work, we give a formula for the logarithmic invariant of knots in terms of certain derivatives of the colored Jones invariant. This invariant is related to the logarithmic conformal field theory, and was defined by using the centers in the radical of the restricted quantum group at root of unity. A relation between logarithmic invariant and the hyperbolic volume of a cone manifold is also investigated., Comment: 20 pages, typos, revision in Section 3, simplify notation, revise proofs

Kashaev's invariants for a knot in a three sphere are generalized to invariants of a knot in a three manifold. A relation between the newly constructed invariants and the hyperbolic volume of the knot complement is observed for some knots in lens spaces., Comment: revise introduction

We construct quantum $\mathcal{U}_q(\mathfrak{sl}_{\,2})$ type invariants for handlebody-knots in the 3-sphere $S^3$. A handlebody-knot is an embedding of a handlebody in a 3-manifold. These invariants are linear sums of Yokota's invariants for colored spatial graphs which are defined by using the Kauffman bracket. We give a table of calculations of our invariants for genus 2 handlebody-knots up to six crossings. We also show our invariants are identified with special cases of the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants., Comment: 19 pages, the title was modified and typos were corrected

We show that the optimistic limits of the colored Jones polynomials of the hyperbolic knots coincide with the optimistic limits of the Kashaev invariants modulo $4\pi^2$., Comment: 49 pages, 24 Figures. English-corrected final version. To appear in Journal of KMS

We generalize the colored Alexander invariant of knots to an invariant of graphs, and we construct a face model for this invariant by using the corresponding 6j-symbol, which comes from the non-integral representations of the quantum group U_q(sl_2). We call it the SL(2, C) quantum 6j-symbol, and show its relation to the hyperbolic volume of a truncated tetrahedron., Comment: 30 pages, typos, argument for the R-matrix is modified, Sections 2 and 3 are exchanged

We construct knot invariants from the radical part of projective modules of restricted quantum groups. We also show a relation between these invariants and the colored Alexander invariants., Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures

R.M. Kashaev conjectured that the asymptotic behavior of his link invariant, which equals the colored Jones polynomial evaluated at a root of unity, determines the hyperbolic volume of any hyperbolic link complement. We observe numerically that for knots $6_3$, $8_9$ and $8_{20}$ and for the Whitehead link, the colored Jones polynomials are related to the hyperbolic volumes and the Chern-Simons invariants and propose a complexification of Kashaev's conjecture., Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures. Added some calculations

We show that the set of colored Jones polynomials and the set of generalized Alexander polynomials defined by Akutsu, Deguchi and Ohtsuki intersect non-trivially. Moreover it is shown that the intersection is (at least includes) the set of Kashaev's quantum dilogarithm invariants for links. Therefore Kashaev's conjecture can be restated as follows: The colored Jones polynomials determine the hyperbolic volume for a hyperbolic knot. Modifying this, we propose a stronger conjecture: The colored Jones polynomials determine the simplicial volume for any knot. If our conjecture is true, then we can prove that a knot is trivial if and only if all of its Vassiliev invariants are trivial., Comment: 18 pages. Added Remark 2.2 and improved Remark 5.7