JCK polynomial detection conjecture for closed 3-braids
JCK polynomial detection conjecture for closed 3-braids
Let be a braid on three strands, let be its closure, and let denote the braid obtained by taking the mirror operation. Let be the Jones–Conway–Kauffman polynomial. The closed 3-braid detection conjecture. If is not isotopic to its mirror image, then
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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