The positive-isotopy conjecture for scannable algebraic divides

Let DD and DD' be link-equivalent scannable algebraic divides of the same minimal index. Let β(D)\beta(D) and β(D)\beta(D') be their associated positive braids; two positive braids are positive-isotopic inside the solid torus when their positive braid words are related by isotopy among positive braids and cyclic shifts. The positive-isotopy conjecture. The braids β(D)\beta(D) and β(D)\beta(D') are positive-isotopic inside the solid torus. The preceding weaker version asserts positive isotopy without the same-minimal-index hypothesis or the qualification inside the solid torus; the displayed conjecture is the fuller version. The source gives no resolution.

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Sergey Fomin, Pavlo Pylyavskyy, Eugenii Shustin and Dylan Thurston, “Morsifications and mutations”, arXiv:1711.10598 (2021).

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