Conjecture on knot semigroups of tripletwist knots

Let l,m,n1l,m,n\geq 1 be integers, and let C(m,l,n)C(m,l,n) denote the indicated tripletwist knot diagram. Let M(C(m,l,n))M(C(m,l,n)) be its knot semigroup, and let AS(Z(ml+1)n+m,S){\rm AS}(\mathbb{Z}_{(ml+1)n+m},S) denote the alternating sum semigroup on the cyclic group Z(ml+1)n+m\mathbb{Z}_{(ml+1)n+m} with generating subset SS. Define

S=i=0n+1{i}j=0l+1{jn+1}k=0m1{(kl+1)n+k}.S=\displaystyle\bigcup_{i=0}^{n+1}\{i\}\cup\displaystyle\bigcup_{j=0}^{l+1}\{j n+1\}\cup\displaystyle\bigcup_{k=0}^{m-1}\{(kl+1)n+k\}.

Tripletwist knot-semigroup conjecture. If (ml+1)n+m(ml+1)n+m is odd, then

M(C(m,l,n))AS(Z(ml+1)n+m,S).M(C(m,l,n))\simeq {\rm AS}(\mathbb{Z}_{(ml+1)n+m},S).

This extends the alternating-sum-semigroup pattern proved in the paper for double twist knots. No resolution of this tripletwist claim is given in the supplied text.

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Toshinori Miyatani, “On knot semigroups and Gelfand-Kirillov dimensions”, arXiv:1907.00569 (2019).

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