Conjecture on orientation reversal for even-winding satellite patterns

Let PP be a pattern with winding number, the algebraic intersection number of the pattern with a meridional disk of the solid torus, a nonzero even integer. For a knot KK, write P(K)P(K) for the satellite knot obtained from PP and KK, and write K-K for the inverse of KK in the smooth knot concordance group. Even-winding reversal conjecture. There exists a knot KK such that P(K)P(-K) is not concordant to P(K)-P(K). No such example is known for even winding number unless the pattern induces the zero map, so the conjecture remains open.

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Randall Johanningsmeier, Hillary Kim and Allison N. Miller, “A partial resolution of Hedden's conjecture on satellite homomorphisms”, arXiv:2308.06890 (2023).

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