The coefficient-sign conjecture for cable knots of the figure-eight knot
The coefficient-sign conjecture for cable knots of the figure-eight knot
Let denote the figure-eight knot, and consider the cable knots
where is odd and the Alexander polynomial is monic. Write the invariant as
Let be partitioned into disjoint subsets and . Coefficient-sign conjecture. The first subset consists of elements with all positive coefficients, the second of elements with all negative coefficients, and each has coefficients agreeing up to sign with an element of the positive subset. This conjectures a uniform sign classification and coefficient correspondence for the BPS-series coefficients of this cable-knot family; the source gives no resolution status.
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Primary source
John Chae, “A Cable Knot and BPS-Series”, arXiv:2101.11708 (2023).
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