Jp-speciality conjecture for alternating knots and links

A link LL has Jones polynomial J(L)=ciq2iJ(L)=\sum c_iq^{2i}. The polynomial is alternating if cicj>0c_ic_j>0 implies j=imod2j=i\mod 2 and cicj<0c_ic_j<0 implies jimod2j\ne i\mod 2; a link is Jp-special if its Jones polynomial is non-alternating or has gaps.

Jp-speciality conjecture. All alternating knots or links, except those belonging to the family given by Conway symbol nn—the torus links (2,n)(2,n), n2n\ge2—are not Jp-special.

This conjecture concerns the relationship between alternation of a link and the sign and support pattern of its Jones polynomial. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Slavik Jablan and Radmila Sazdanović, “Quasi-alternating links and odd homology: computations and conjectures”, arXiv:0901.0075 (2014).

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