Concavity conjecture for the bridge-braid spectrum

Let b(d)b(d) denote the entries of the bridge-braid spectrum of a knot, indexed by the relevant integer parameter dd. Concavity conjecture. The sequence {b(d)}\{b(d)\} is concave upwards, that is,

b(d1)b(d)b(d)b(d+1).b(d-1)-b(d)\geq b(d)-b(d+1).

The conjecture is motivated by the observation that resolving successive critical points may require progressively more stabilizations. Its relationship with the known monotonicity and endpoint constraints is discussed in the paper, but no proof or disproof is supplied.

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Primary source

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

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