Möbius-band trefoil folded ribbonlength conjecture

Let KK be a folded ribbon trefoil knot that is topologically a Möbius band, and let Rib([K]Mo¨b)\operatorname{Rib}([K]_{\mathrm{Möb}}) denote its infimal folded ribbonlength in the Möbius-band ribbon-equivalence class. Möbius-band trefoil folded ribbonlength conjecture. The infimal folded ribbonlength is

Rib([K]Mo¨b)=5cot(π/5)6.89.\operatorname{Rib}([K]_{\mathrm{Möb}})=5\cot(\pi/5)\leq 6.89.

The displayed folded ribbon trefoil provides the value 5cot(π/5)5\cot(\pi/5), and the conjecture asserts that this value is infimal within the topological Möbius-band class.

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Elizabeth Denne and Timi Patterson, “Bounded ribbonlength for knot families and multi-twist Möbius bands”, arXiv:2509.18370 (2025).

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