Minimum folded ribbonlength conjecture for Möbius-band unknots with linking number ±3
Minimum folded ribbonlength conjecture for Möbius-band unknots with linking number ±3
Let be a folded ribbon unknot that is a Möbius band, with ribbon linking number . Let denote folded ribbonlength. Minimum folded ribbonlength conjecture. The minimum is
The value is attained by the equilateral-triangle example established earlier for folded ribbon -stick unknots. The conjecture asks whether allowing arbitrary Möbius-band folded ribbon unknots can lower this value.
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Primary source
Elizabeth Denne and Troy Larsen, “Linking number and folded ribbon unknots”, arXiv:2208.03239 (2022).
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