Jang–Lee prime-knot conjecture for Whitehead doubles

Let KK be a prime knot, let c(K)c(K) denote its crossing number, and let W(K)W(K) be its Whitehead double. Jang–Lee's conjecture. The crossing number of any prime knot coincides with the canonical genus of its Whitehead double:

gc(W(K))=c(K).g_c(W(K))=c(K).

This modifies Tripp's conjecture after the discovery of composite counterexamples. The source proves the corresponding equality for all prime alternating 33-braid knots and for several larger families, but leaves the assertion for arbitrary prime knots open.

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Hee Jeong Jang and Sang Youl Lee, “Crossing number of an alternating knot and canonical genus of its Whitehead double”, arXiv:1409.0594 (2015).

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