The Maslov-grading conjecture for strongly quasipositive knots

Let KK be a strongly quasipositive knot with genus gg, and let HFK^m(K,g)\widehat{\mathit{HFK}}_m(K,g) denote the summand of knot Floer homology in Maslov grading mm and top Alexander grading gg. Maslov-grading conjecture. The minimal Maslov grading in the top Alexander piece is zero:

min{mHFK^m(K,g)0}=0.\min\{m\mid\widehat{\mathit{HFK}}_m(K,g) \neq 0\}=0.

This would extend the observed relationship between the leading exponent of FKF_K and knot Floer homology beyond the classes checked in the paper. Its general validity is open.

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Paul Orland, Lara San Martín Suárez, Toby Saunders-A'Court and Josef Svoboda, “Quantum Invariants and Fiberedness”, arXiv:2512.23700 (2026).

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