Full-twist conjecture for odd-superbridge torus braids

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For integers n3n\ge3 and k0k\ge0, consider the closure of the nn-braid

σ12k(σ1σ2σn1)2n1.\sigma_{1}^{2k}(\sigma_1\sigma_2\cdots\sigma_{n-1})^{2n-1}.

A knot with superbridge index mm is called an mm-superbridge knot.

Full-twist odd-superbridge conjecture. For n3n\ge3 and k0k\ge0, the closure of this braid is a (2n1)(2n-1)-superbridge knot.

The case k=0k=0 is the torus knot of type (n,2n1)(n,2n-1), whose superbridge index is 2n12n-1. The conjecture proposes that inserting any nonnegative even power of the first braid generator preserves that superbridge index, and is intended to provide infinitely many odd-superbridge knots.

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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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