Weighted-resolution conjecture for the Jablan polynomial

A pseudoknot KK has a WeRe set

S={(α1,K1),,(αn,Kn)},S=\{(\alpha_1,K_1),\dots,(\alpha_n,K_n)\},

where the KjK_j are classical resolutions with weights αj\alpha_j, and let ΔJ\Delta_J denote the Jablan polynomial. Weighted-resolution conjecture. There exists a choice of normalization rule for the Jablan polynomial such that, for every pseudoknot KK with WeRe set SS,

ΔJ(K)=j=1nαjΔJ(Kj).\Delta_J(K)=\sum_{j=1}^n\alpha_j\Delta_J(K_j).

The conjecture would make the Jablan polynomial compatible with weighted sums over classical resolutions. The preceding examples show that suitable choices of normalization can produce agreement in particular cases, but the statement asserts that one normalization rule works for every pseudoknot.

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Sam Nelson, Natsumi Oyamaguchi and Radmila Sazdanovic, “Psyquandles, Singular Knots and Pseudoknots”, arXiv:1710.08481 (2017).

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