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Recent Progresses on the Volume Conjectures for Reshetikhin-Turaev and Turaev-Viro Invariants

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In this survey, we give a review of the recent progresses on the Volume Conjectures for the Reshetikhin-Turaev and the Turaev-Viro Invariants, and on the related AMU Conjecture.

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Yang, T. Recent Progresses on the Volume Conjectures for Reshetikhin-Turaev and Turaev-Viro Invariants. Acta Math Vietnam 46, 389–398 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40306-020-00402-1

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