Mosaic representatives as a complete invariant of tame knots

Let k1k_1 and k2k_2 be tame knots or links, and let K1K_1 and K2K_2 be arbitrary chosen mosaic representatives of k1k_1 and k2k_2, respectively. Two mosaics have the same knot mosaic type when, after possibly applying stabilization maps, they are related by the knot mosaic ambient groups. Mosaic completeness conjecture. The knots k1k_1 and k2k_2 have the same knot type if and only if their representative mosaics K1K_1 and K2K_2 have the same knot mosaic type; equivalently, knot mosaic type is a complete invariant of tame knots. Every tame knot or link admits a mosaic representative, so this conjecture asserts that the mosaic formalism detects exactly ambient isotopy classes.

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Samuel J. Lomonaco and Louis H. Kauffman, “Quantum Knots and Mosaics”, arXiv:0805.0339 (2008).

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