Crab bucket non-destabilization conjecture for Legendrian knots

Let βn\beta_n be the crab bucket Legendrian knot, and for odd n5n\geq 5 choose an orientation such that

rot(βn)=1.\operatorname{rot}(\beta_n)=1.

Crab bucket non-destabilization conjecture. For all odd n5n\geq 5, βn\beta_n cannot be negatively destabilized without increasing its mosaic number.

This conjecture was motivated by the crab bucket construction as a proposed infinite family in which stabilization decreases the mosaic number. The stated obstruction to negative destabilization is presented as an apparent phenomenon of the construction, and its general validity remains open.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Margaret Kipe, Samantha Pezzimenti, Leif Schaumann, Luc Ta and Wing Hong Tony Wong, “Bounds on the mosaic number of Legendrian Knots”, arXiv:2410.08064 (2024).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.