The quasi-quarter-turn FPL link-pattern distribution conjecture

Let A\textscQT(4n+2;w)A_{\textsc{QT}}(4n+2;w) denote the number of qQTFPLs of size 4n+24n+2 with the induced half-turn-invariant link pattern ww of length 2n+12n+1, and let A\textscHT(2n+1;w)A_{\textsc{HT}}(2n+1;w) denote the number of half-turn-invariant FPLs of size 2n+12n+1 with link pattern ww. Let A(n)A(n) be the total number of ordinary FPLs of size nn. The qQTFPL link-pattern conjecture. For any n0n\geq 0 and any half-turn-invariant link pattern ww of length 2n+12n+1,

A\textscQT(4n+2;w)=A\textscHT(2n+1;w)A(n+1)A(n).A_{\textsc{QT}}(4n+2;w)=A_{\textsc{HT}}(2n+1;w)A(n+1)A(n).

This conjecture gives a link-pattern refinement of the qQTFPL enumeration product formula, relating qQTFPLs of size 4n+24n+2 to half-turn-invariant FPLs of size 2n+12n+1. The source gives no resolution evidence.

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Primary source

Philippe Duchon, “On the link pattern distribution of quarter-turn symmetric FPL configurations”, arXiv:0711.2871 (2007).

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