Spiral-knot parameter uniqueness conjecture

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,qp,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=pp=p' and q=qq=q', or S(p,q,ε)S(p,q,\varepsilon) is a torus knot, in which case p=qp=q' and q=pq=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.

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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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