Publication:2065451

DOI10.1007/S00029-021-00738-YzbMATH Open1500.57003arXiv2104.06449OpenAlexW4206422056MaRDI QIDQ2065451FDOQ2065451

Patrick Orson, Junghwan Park, Christopher W. Davis

Publication date: 7 January 2022

Published in: Selecta Mathematica. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce a geometric operation, which we call the relative Whitney trick, that removes a single double point between properly immersed surfaces in a $4$-manifold with boundary. Using the relative Whitney trick we prove that every link in a homology sphere is homotopic to a link that is topologically slice in a contractible topological $4$-manifold. We further prove that any link in a homology sphere is order $k$ Whitney tower concordant to a link in $S^3$ for all $k$. Finally, we explore the minimum Gordian distance from a link in $S^3$ to a homotopically trivial link. Extending this notion to links in homology spheres, we use the relative Whitney trick to make explicit computations for 3-component links and establish bounds in general.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.06449

zbMATH Keywords

Whitney towerlink concordanceWhitney trickhomotopically trivial linkfreely slice linkrelative Whitney trick

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cobordism and concordance in topological manifolds (57N70) Knot theory (57K10)

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