Infinitely many odd-superbridge knots conjecture
A knot has superbridge index , the minimum, over all knots isotopic to , of the maximum bridge number over unit directions. A knot with superbridge index is called an -superbridge knot.
Odd-superbridge knots conjecture. There are infinitely many -superbridge knots for any positive integer .
Nontrivial knots have superbridge index at least , and the paper establishes that only finitely many -superbridge knots exist, while infinitely many even-superbridge knots are known. This conjecture concerns the existence of infinitely many knots at every higher odd superbridge index.
References
Primary source
Choon Bae Jeon and Gyo Taek Jin, “There are only finitely many 3-superbridge knots”, arXiv:math/9902082 (2001).
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