JCK polynomial detection conjecture for closed 3-braids

Let γ\gamma be a braid on three strands, let γ^\hat{\gamma} be its closure, and let γ\overline{\gamma} denote the braid obtained by taking the mirror operation. Let J~\widetilde{J} be the Jones–Conway–Kauffman polynomial. The closed 3-braid detection conjecture. If γ^\hat{\gamma} is not isotopic to its mirror image, then

J~γ^(a,t,z)J~γ^(a,t,z).\widetilde{J}_{\hat{\gamma}}(a,t,z)\ne \widetilde{J}_{\hat{\overline{\gamma}}}(a,t,z).

This conjecture proposes that the JCK polynomial detects non-amphicheirality among closed 3-braids. The source says that the polynomial seems powerful for distinguishing closed 3-braids but supplies no proof or resolution of this assertion.

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

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