The generalized rosette knot cylinder-knot conjecture

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Let ss and kk be positive integers, let εi{±1}\varepsilon_i\in\{\pm1\} for 1is11\leq i\leq s-1, and consider the closure of the braid

(σ1ε1σ2ε2σs1εs1)k.(\sigma_1^{\varepsilon_1}\sigma_2^{\varepsilon_2}\ldots\sigma_{s-1}^{\varepsilon_{s-1}})^k.

A generalized rosette knot is this closed braid. Generalized rosette knot conjecture. Every generalized rosette knot is a cylinder knot. The claim proposes that all such closures arise as billiard knots in a cylinder; the supplied text does not state whether this has been proved or remains open.

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Christoph Lamm and Daniel Obermeyer, “Billiard knots in a cylinder”, arXiv:math/9811006 (1998).

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