The asymptotic relation between degree-two and degree-three Vassiliev invariants of positive knots

Let (Ki)(K_i) be a sequence of pairwise distinct positive knots, all with the same given unknotting number. Let VV be the Jones polynomial and let Δ\Delta be the Alexander polynomial, and define the standardly normalized Vassiliev invariants

v2=16V(1)=12Δ(1),v3=112V(1)136V(1).v_2=-\frac{1}{6}V”(1)=\frac{1}{2}\Delta”(1),\qquad v_3=-\frac{1}{12}V”(1)-\frac{1}{36}V”'(1).

Asymptotic Vassiliev-invariant conjecture. The numbers logv2(Ki)v3(Ki)\log_{v_2(K_i)}v_3(K_i), which are well-defined for Ki!31K_i\ne !3_1, converge to 22 as ii\to\infty. This predicts a precise asymptotic relation between low-degree Vassiliev invariants along any such sequence of positive knots, and is posed as a further property of Vassiliev invariants for the ordinary unknotting operation; the supplied text gives no resolution.

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A. Stoimenow, “Vassiliev invariants and rational knots of unknotting number one”, arXiv:math/9909050 (2001).

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