The symmetric braid index conjecture for eight small SU knots

Let bs(K)b_s(K) denote the symmetric braid index of a knot KK, and consider the SU knots

1099,10123,10140,11a164,11a316,11a326,11n42,11n172.10_{99}, 10_{123}, 10_{140}, 11_{a164}, 11_{a316}, 11_{a326}, 11_{n42}, 11_{n172}.

Symmetric braid index conjecture. If KK is one of these eight SU knots, then

bs(K)>4.b_s(K)>4.

The claim is motivated by computational searches that found no SU 4-braids for these knots, although they are not obstructed from having symmetric braid index 44. The source presents this as evidence rather than a proved result.

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Primary source

Vitalijs Brejevs and Feride Ceren Kose, “On the symmetric braid index of ribbon knots”, arXiv:2410.14884 (2025).

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