Jones-Conway polynomial detection conjecture for cables of non-isotopic simple knots

Let K1K_1 and K2K_2 be non-isotopic simple knots. For integers pp and qq, the cable-detection conjecture asserts that there exist numbers pp and qq such that the (p,q)(p,q)-cables of K1K_1 and K2K_2 have distinct Jones–Conway polynomials.

This conjecture asks whether suitable cabling always enables the Jones–Conway polynomial to distinguish any two non-isotopic simple knots. The source's e-print correction replaces “prime” by “simple”; the claim remains open.

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Jozef H. Przytycki, “Survey on recent invariants on classical knot theory”, arXiv:0810.4191 (2008).

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