Integral Rasmussen invariant conjecture for Whitehead doubles of odd torus knots

Let T(a,b)T(a,b) denote the (a,b)(a,b)-torus knot, let W+(J,t)W_+(J,t) denote the positive tt-twisted Whitehead double of a knot JJ, and let K\overline{K} denote the mirror of KK. For a knot, sZ(K)s^{\mathbb{Z}}(K) is the integral Rasmussen invariant recorded as the relevant ordered pair.

Whitehead-double torus-knot conjecture. If nn is a positive integer and KK is the mirror of

W+(T(2,2n+1),3n),W_+\bigl(T(2,2n+1),3n\bigr),

then

sZ(K)=(0,2n).s^{\mathbb{Z}}(K)=(0,2^n).

The conjecture is motivated by computed Whitehead-double examples and is closely related to a conjecture that the flat 22-cabling of T(2,2n+1)T(2,2n+1) contains Khovanov-homology torsion of order 2n2^n. Computations establish the relevant torsion in low cases, but its survival to the EE_\infty page, needed for the asserted invariant formula, remains to be checked.

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Primary source

Dirk Schuetz, “On an integral version of the Rasmussen invariant”, arXiv:2202.00445 (2022).

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