On detection probabilities of link invariants
(2025) TBA — (2025)
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- We prove that the detection rate of n-crossing alternating links by link invariants insensitive to oriented mutation decays exponentially in n, implying that they detect alternating links with probability zero. This phenomenon applies broadly, in particular to quantum invariants such as the Jones or HOMFLYPT polynomials. We also use a big data approach to analyze several borderline cases (e.g. integral Khovanov or HOMFLYPT homologies), where our arguments almost, but not quite, apply, and we provide evidence that they too exhibit the same asymptotic behavior.
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Dos Santos Santana Forte Vaz, P., & et al. (2025). On detection probabilities of link invariants. TBA. Submitted. (Original work published 2025)