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Are the Borromean rings A-B-slice (English)
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Let \(L=L_ 1\cup...\cup L_ n\) be a tame n-component link in \(S^ 3\). Let \(L_{n+1}\cup...\cup L_{2n}\) be an untwisted parallel to L. The author says L is A-B-slice if there exist pairwise disjoint 4-dimensional compact submanifolds \(A_ 1,...,A_ n\), \(B_ 1,...,B_ n\) of the 4- disc D and self-homeomorphisms \(f_ 1,...,f_ n\), \(g_ 1,...,g_ n\) of D such that for \(i=1,...,n\) the intersections \(A_ i\cap \partial D\) and \(B_ i\cap \partial D\) are tubular neighborhoods respectively of \(L_ i\) and of its parallel \(L_{i+n}\), and \(D=f_ i(A_ i)\cup g_ i(B_ i)\) is a smooth Heegaard-type decomposition of D which extends the standard genus 1 Heegaard decomposition of \(S^ 3=\partial D.\) Two simple observations justify the notion: If L is slice then L is A-B- slice; if L is A-B-slice then \(Link(L_ i,L_ j)=0\) for all \(i\neq j\). The main result asserts that the 4-dimensional topological surgery ``theorem'', if true, implies that the Borromean rings are A-B-slice. The author remarks that ``it appears to be a routine application of Donaldson's theory to show that the Borromean rings do not satisfy the smooth category analogy of A-B-slice condition''. An example of a topologically nonslice but A-B-slice link is provided by the elementary Whitehead link.
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tame n-component link
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untwisted parallel
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slice
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A-B-slice
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Borromean rings
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topologically nonslice
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Whitehead link
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