Desingularization in the q-Weyl algebra

In this paper, we study the desingularization problem in the first qWeyl algebra. We give an order bound for desingularized operators, and thus derive an algorithm for computing desingularized operators in the first q-Weyl algebra. Moreover, an algorithm is presented for computing a generating set of the first q-Weyl closure of a given q-difference operator. As an application, we certify that several instances of the colored Jones polynomial are Laurent polynomial sequences by computing the corresponding desingularized operator.