New topologically slice knots (Q813164)
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New topologically slice knots (English)
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30 January 2006
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It is well known that that all knots with trivial Alexander polynomial are topologically slice. Do there exist other slice knots? The authors present a serie of examples. In particular, the Alexander polynomial in their examples equals \((t-2)(t^{-1}-2)\).
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ribbon
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slice knot
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surgery
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Blanchfield pairing
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