The Motzkin product conjecture for entangled threads

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Let an even thread be a thread of even type and an odd thread be a thread of odd type. For an even thread α\alpha and an odd thread β\beta, consider the threads entangled with each of them. Motzkin product conjecture. For any even thread α\alpha and odd thread β\beta, the number of odd threads entangled with α\alpha, respectively the number of even threads entangled with β\beta, is a product of Motzkin numbers. This conjecture predicts a uniform product formula extending the product formulas established for layered even and odd threads; proving it remains open.

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Eric S. Egge and Kailee Rubin, “Snow Leopard Permutations and Their Even and Odd Threads”, arXiv:1508.05310 (2016).

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