Strict inequality between the 13-crossing and 5-crossing numbers

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Let KK be a knot, and let cn(K)c_n(K) denote its nn-crossing number, the minimum number of nn-fold crossings in a projection of KK. Strict inequality conjecture. For all knots KK such that c5(K)≥2c_5(K)\geq 2, one has

c13(K)<c5(K).c_{13}(K)<c_5(K).

This conjecture predicts that, except for knots with c5(K)<2c_5(K)<2, the 13-crossing number is strictly smaller than the 5-crossing number. Its resolution is not specified in the supplied source material.

References

Primary source

Nicholas Hagedorn, “Strict Inequalities for the n-crossing Number”, arXiv:2212.12330 (2022).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2021–2022). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2105.10921.

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