Continuous and discrete knot-type equivalence for quantum knots

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Let K1K_1 and K2K_2 be knot nn-mosaics, and let ∣K1⟩\lvert K_1\rangle and ∣K2⟩\lvert K_2\rangle be the corresponding quantum knots. Let ≈n\underset{n}{\approx} denote equivalence under the continuous ambient group, and let ≈\approx denote the stabilized continuous knot-type equivalence; let ∼n\underset{n}{\sim} and ∼\sim denote the corresponding discrete mosaic equivalences. Quantum knot-type conjecture.

∣K1⟩≈n∣K2⟩⟺K1∼nK2and∣K1⟩≈∣K2⟩⟺K1∼K2.\lvert K_1\rangle \underset{n}{\approx} \lvert K_2\rangle \Longleftrightarrow K_1\underset{n}{\sim}K_2\quad\text{and}\quad \lvert K_1\rangle\approx\lvert K_2\rangle \Longleftrightarrow K_1\sim K_2.

This asserts that passing from discrete knot mosaics to their quantum states and the connected continuous ambient group introduces no additional equivalences for basis-state mosaics. Its resolution is not supplied in the source material.

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

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