Split booklink isotopy conjecture for open book 3-manifolds

Let λ\lambda be a booklink in an open book 3-manifold representing a split link. A split booklink is a booklink admitting a splitting sphere intersecting each component of the binding in two points. Split booklink isotopy conjecture. There is a finite sequence of booklink isotopies and exchange moves which converts λ\lambda into a split booklink. This would extend the split-booklink result from the setting considered in the paper to arbitrary open book 3-manifolds; the source does not provide evidence that the conjecture is resolved.

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Margaret Doig and Chase Gehringer, “A spectrum connecting the braid index and the bridge index”, arXiv:2411.09845 (2024).

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