Hedden–Pinzón-Caicedo's winding-zero rank-expansion conjecture

Let PS1×D2P\subset S^1\times D^2 be a pattern, and let its winding number be the algebraic intersection number of PP with a meridional disk of S1×D2S^1\times D^2. A pattern is rank expanding if the associated satellite operator produces an infinite-rank subgroup of the concordance group from a suitable family of companion knots. Hedden–Pinzón-Caicedo's conjecture. If PP is a nontrivial pattern of winding number zero, then PP is rank expanding. This is presented as a conjecture of Hedden–Pinzón-Caicedo concerning the infinite-rank behavior of winding-zero satellite patterns; the source gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Ivan So, “Filtered Instantons and the Concordance of Satellites”, arXiv:2507.14350 (2025).

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2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2022–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2209.07512.

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