The low-crossing tri-plane classification conjecture for 2-knots
The low-crossing tri-plane classification conjecture for 2-knots
Let a tri-plane diagram be a diagram describing a bridge trisection of an embedded in , and count its total crossings across the three constituent plane diagrams. Low-crossing tri-plane classification conjecture. If a tri-plane diagram for an embedded in has six or fewer total crossings, then it represents a bridge trisection of an unknotted sphere, the spun trefoil, or the -twist spun trefoil. This is a classification conjecture for all tri-plane diagrams through six crossings; the supplied text does not state whether it has been proved or disproved.
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Sherry Gong, Samuel Lewis-Monkman and Jesse Osnes, “The 2-Twist Spun Trefoil Has Crossing Number Six”, arXiv:2606.03799 (2026).
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