Topological equivalence conjecture for 2,4 tangles

Let l1l_1 and l2l_2 be two \rv2,4\rv{2,4} tangles, and let L1L_1 and L2L_2 be two arbitrarily chosen \rv2,4\rv{2,4} tangle nn-mosaic representatives of l1l_1 and l2l_2, respectively, with the same connection points along their boundaries. Topological equivalence conjecture for \rv2,4\rv{2,4} tangles. The tangles l1l_1 and l2l_2 are ambient isotopic if and only if the representative mosaics L1L_1 and L2L_2 are \rv2,4\rv{2,4} tangle mosaic equivalent.

This conjecture proposes that the defined boundary-adjusted mosaic equivalence exactly captures ambient isotopy of \rv2,4\rv{2,4} tangles. The source provides no resolution, so the claim remains open.

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Mary Y. Deng, Allison K. Henrich, Sean H. Kawano and Andrew R. Tawfeek, “Taming Wild Knots with Mosaics”, arXiv:2605.14185 (2026).

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