Signature-zero prime-determinant linking-form conjecture

Let KK be a knot, let \sg(K)\sg(K) denote its signature, let D=\dt(K)D=\dt(K) be its prime determinant, let H1H_1 denote the first homology group of the double branched cover of KK, and let \lm\lm denote its linking form. Signature-zero linking-form conjecture. If KK has prime determinant DD and signature zero, then there is an element gH1g\in H_1 such that

\lm(g,g)=±2D.\lm(g,g)=\pm\frac{2}{D}.

The claim is known for signature 22 in the related discussion, while the signature-zero case is presented as an empirically supported open problem.

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Primary source

A. Stoimenow, “Polynomial values, the linking form and unknotting numbers”, arXiv:math/0405076 (2004).

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