Spiral-knot parameter uniqueness conjecture

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Let S(p,q,ε)S(p,q,\varepsilon) and S(p′,q′,ε′)S(p',q',\varepsilon') be spiral knots, with p,q,p′,q′p,q,p',q' and the signs ε,ε′\varepsilon,\varepsilon' as in the spiral-knot notation. Parameter uniqueness conjecture. If

S(p,q,ε)=S(p′,q′,ε′),S(p,q,\varepsilon)=S(p',q',\varepsilon'),

then either p=p′p=p' and q=q′q=q', or S(p,q,ε)S(p,q,\varepsilon) is a torus knot, in which case p=q′p=q' and q=p′q=p'. This conjecture seeks to strengthen the known conditions under which two spiral knots are equal; its connection with the meridional rank conjecture provides additional motivation, but the claim itself remains open.

References

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Sarah Blackwell, Ashish Das, Sydney Mayer, Luke Moyar, Faisal Quraishi and Ryan Stees, “Classical invariants of spiral knots”, arXiv:2506.17889 (2025).

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