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Generalised strong primeness conjecture for knots
Let and be the knots occurring in Theorem; the theorem has an extra assumption that and are not 2-bridge. Generalised strong primeness conjecture. The concl…
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Foil diagrams maximize trefoil descendants among minimal prime diagrams
Let be odd with . A minimal prime free knot diagram is a minimal free knot diagram representing a prime knot, and a trefoil descendant is a resultant trefoil obtained…
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Jang–Lee prime-knot conjecture for Whitehead doubles
Let be a prime knot, let denote its crossing number, and let be its Whitehead double. Jang–Lee's conjecture. The crossing number of any prime knot coincides with…
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Conjecture that K_{-4} is prime
Primeness conjecture. The authors conjecture that is also prime.
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Tutte and Kauffman polynomials detect primeness of knots and links
Primeness-detection conjecture. The Tutte polynomial and the Kauffman two-variable polynomial detect primeness: they are not factorizable for prime s.