Median and mode conjecture for crosscap number and unoriented genus of prime alternating knots
Let be the crossing number of a prime alternating knot. For each , consider the distributions of its crosscap number and unoriented genus among all -crossing prime alternating knots.
Median and mode conjecture. For any , the medians and modes for and among all -crossing prime alternating knots equal
This conjecture extrapolates a pattern observed in the tabulated data; its status is open, and no proof or disproof is supplied.
References
Primary source
Isaias Bahena, Thomas Kindred and Jason Parsley, “Crosscap numbers of alternating links via state codes”, arXiv:2512.09887 (2025).
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