The determinant characterization conjecture for prime alternating achiral knots
The determinant characterization conjecture for prime alternating achiral knots
Let be an odd natural number. The determinant characterization conjecture for prime alternating achiral knots. Then is the determinant of a prime alternating achiral knot if and only if is the sum of two squares and .
The conjecture asserts that the listed values are the only exceptions to the determinant characterization for prime alternating achiral knots. The source reports only a possibility based on computations up to 16 crossings and gives no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.
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A. Stoimenow, “Square numbers, spanning trees and invariants of achiral knots”, arXiv:math/0003172 (2003).
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