CN-matrix conjecture for pure braid projections

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Let nn be a positive integer. A braid projection is a braid diagram without over/under-crossing information. Its CN matrix N(B)N(B) is the zero-diagonal matrix whose (i,j)(i,j) entry counts crossings between strands sis_i and sjs_j; it is therefore symmetric. A matrix is even when all its entries are even, and a zero-diagonal matrix is T0 if, whenever 1i<j<kn1\leq i<j<k\leq n, M(i,j)=M(j,k)=0M(i,j)=M(j,k)=0 implies M(i,k)=0M(i,k)=0. CN-matrix conjecture. An n×nn\times n non-negative integer matrix MM is the CN matrix of some pure nn-braid projection if and only if MM is an even T0 symmetric matrix. This conjecture is proposed alongside the related crossing-matrix and OU-matrix conjectures; no general resolution is given.

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Yuko Ozawa, Ayaka Shimizu and Yoshiro Yaguchi, “The CN matrix of a pure braid projection”, arXiv:2506.08659 (2025).

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