Positive stable crossing growth conjecture for twist families

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Let {Kn}\{K_n\} be a twist family of knots with wrapping number η>1\eta>1. Define the lower stable crossing number by

cs‾(Kn)=lim‾⁡n→∞c(Kn)n.\underline{c_s}(K_n)=\varliminf_{n\to\infty}\frac{c(K_n)}{n}.

Positive stable crossing growth conjecture.

cs‾(Kn)>0.\underline{c_s}(K_n)>0.

This weaker conjecture asks only for linear lower growth, rather than the exact slope predicted by the stable crossing number conjecture.

References

Primary source

Kenneth L. Baker and Kimihiko Motegi, “The stable crossing number of a twist family of knots and the satellite crossing number conjecture”, arXiv:2404.05308 (2024).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2003–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0307146.

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