Infinitely many odd-superbridge knots conjecture

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A knot KK has superbridge index s[K]s[K], the minimum, over all knots K′K' isotopic to KK, of the maximum bridge number over unit directions. A knot with superbridge index mm is called an mm-superbridge knot.

Odd-superbridge knots conjecture. There are infinitely many (2n−1)(2n-1)-superbridge knots for any positive integer n≥3n\ge3.

Nontrivial knots have superbridge index at least 33, and the paper establishes that only finitely many 33-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.

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Choon Bae Jeon and Gyo Taek Jin, “There are only finitely many 3-superbridge knots”, arXiv:math/9902082 (2001).

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