Non-symmetric ribbon conjecture for the family \mathcal{B}R,S,TR,S,T

Let B(R,S,T)\mathcal{B}(R,S,T) be the ribbon-knot family considered in the paper, with parameters R,S,TR,S,T. A ribbon is respected when a transformation to a symmetric union preserves that specified ribbon. The knots B(0,0,T)\mathcal{B}(0,0,T) are composite ribbon knots, and the paper identifies the knots 11a103, 11a165, 11a201, 12n62, and 12n66 among this family. Non-symmetric ribbon conjecture for B(R,S,T)\mathcal{B}(R,S,T). The composite knots B(0,0,T)\mathcal{B}(0,0,T) are non-symmetric ribbon knots; in particular, the knots 11a103, 11a165, 11a201, 12n62, and 12n66 are non-symmetric ribbon knots. Moreover, no knot B(R,S,T)\mathcal{B}(R,S,T) can be transformed to a symmetric union respecting its ribbon. The authors state that they are less confident in this conjecture than in the determinant-99 cases, and the assertions remain open.

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Christoph Lamm, “The search for non-symmetric ribbon knots”, arXiv:1710.06909 (2019).

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