The coefficient-pattern conjecture for cable knots of the figure-eight knot

Let Kr=C(r,2)(41)S3K_r=C_{(r,2)}(\bm{4_1})\subseteq S^3 be the family of cable knots from the preceding conjecture, with r>8r>8 odd and monic Alexander polynomial. Let {fm(q)}\{f_m(q)\} be the coefficient functions, partitioned into {ft+(q)}tI+\{f_t^+(q)\}_{t\in I^+} and {fw(q)}wI\{f_w^-(q)\}_{w\in I^-}. Coefficient-pattern conjecture. Every nonzero fm(q)f_m(q) has an odd number of terms, and the exponent of qq changes by one between consecutive terms. Moreover, for every vIv\in I^-, the coefficients of fv(q)f_v^-(q) agree up to sign with those of fv2r+(q)f_{v-2r}^+(q). This refines the preceding sign-classification conjecture with a precise index shift and term-spacing pattern; the source gives no resolution status.

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John Chae, “A Cable Knot and BPS-Series”, arXiv:2101.11708 (2023).

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