Comparing Bennequin-type inequalities

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Authors Elaina Aceves, Keiko Kawamuro, Linh Truong

Publication date 28 January 2021

Published in The New York Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.01673, http://nyjm.albany.edu/j/2021/27-4.html

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zbMATH Keywords

4-ball genus\(\tau\)-invariant\(s\)-invariantnon-quasipositive knotslice Bennequin inequalitytransverse knots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10) Contact structures in 3 dimensions (57K33)

Abstract: The slice-Bennequin inequality states an upper bound for the self-linking number of a knot in terms of its four-ball genus. The $s$-Bennequin and $au$-Bennequin inequalities provide upper bounds on the self-linking number of a knot in terms of the Rasmussen $s$ invariant and the Ozsv'ath-Szab'o $au$ invariant. We exhibit examples in which the difference between self-linking number and four-ball genus grows arbitrarily large, whereas the $s$-Bennequin inequality and the $au$-Bennequin inequality are both sharp.

Review text

Suppose \(K\) is a topological knot type in \(S^3\). Let \(SL(K)\) be the maximal value of the self-linking numbers of transverse knot representatives and call it the maximal self-linking number of \(K\). \textit{L. Rudolph} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc., New Ser. 29, No. 1, 51--59 (1993; Zbl 0789.57004)] proved the slice-Bennequin inequality: \(SL(K)\leq 2g_{4}(K)-1\), where \(g_{4}(K)\) is the four-ball genus of \(K\). \textit{O. Plamenevskaya} [Math. Res. Lett. 13, No. 4, 571--586 (2006; Zbl 1143.57006)], \textit{A. N. Shumakovitch} [J. Knot Theory Ramifications 16, No. 10, 1403--1412 (2007; Zbl 1148.57011)], and \textit{T. Kawamura} [Topology 46, No. 1, 29--38 (2007; Zbl 1114.57010)] proved the \(s\)-Bennequin inequality: \(SL(K)\leq s(K)-1\), where \(s(K)\) is the Rasmussen \(s\) invariant and \(s(K)\leq 2g_{4}(K)\). \textit{O. Plamenevskaya} [Algebr. Geom. Topol. 4, 399--406 (2004; Zbl 1070.57014)] proved the \(\tau\)-Bennequin inequality: \(SL(K)\leq 2\tau(K)-1\), where \(\tau(K)\) is a concordance invariant introduced by Ozsváth-Szabó and \(\tau(K)\leq g_{4}(K)\). In the paper under review, the authors exhibit a family of knots \(K_n\), where \(n=1,2,\dots\), such that the defect of the slice-Bennequin inequality \(\frac{1}{2}(2g_{4}(K)-1-SL(K))\) is \(2n\), whereas both the defect of the \(s\)-Bennequin inequality \(\frac{1}{2}(s(K)-1-SL(K))\) and the defect of the \(\tau\)-Bennequin inequality \(\frac{1}{2}(2\tau(K)-1-SL(K))\) are \(0\). On the other hand, the authors prove that all these three defects are \(0\) for a quasi-positive knot.

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