The Toroidal Volume–Determinant Conjecture for biperiodic alternating links

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Let L\mathcal L be a biperiodic alternating link with alternating quotient link LL, and let KnK_n be alternating hyperbolic links satisfying Kn⟶FLK_n\stackrel{\rm F}{\longrightarrow}\mathcal L. Let p(z,w)p(z,w) be the characteristic polynomial of the associated toroidal dimer model, and let m(p(z,w))m(p(z,w)) denote its Mahler measure. Toroidal Vol-Det Conjecture.

vol⁡((T2×I)−L)≤2π m(p(z,w)).\operatorname{vol}((T^2\times I)-L)\leq 2\pi\,m(p(z,w)).

This inequality is motivated by the volume-density and determinant-density limits established for the infinite square weave and, more generally, for biperiodic alternating links. The supplied source gives no resolution status.

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Abhijit Champanerkar, Ilya Kofman and Jessica S. Purcell, “Geometry of biperiodic alternating links”, arXiv:1802.05343 (2018).

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