Virtual transverse finite type invariants detect braided type and self-linking number

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Let VTKVTK denote the set of virtual transverse knots and let Un(VTK)U_n(VTK) be its finite type group of order at most nn. For virtual transverse knots xx and yy, suppose that they have the same braided virtual knot type and the same self-linking number.

Virtual transverse triviality conjecture. Then xx and yy represent the same element of Un(VTK)U_n(VTK) for all nn.

The conjecture proposes that these finite type groups cannot distinguish virtual transverse knots having the same braided virtual knot type and self-linking number. The source reports no counterexample and notes that the corresponding statement for ordinary transverse knots is known, while the virtual case remains open.

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Cole Hugelmeyer, “Diagram Systems and Generalized Finite Type Theories”, arXiv:2307.07661 (2023).

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