Surgery on links of linking number zero and the Heegaard Floer \(d\)-invariant (Q2192433)

Summary: We study Heegaard Floer homology and various related invariants (such as the \(h\)-function) for two-component L-space links with linking number zero. For such links, we explicitly describe the relationship between the \(h\)-function, the Sato-Levine invariant and the Casson invariant. We give a formula for the Heegaard Floer \(d\)-invariants of integral surgeries on two-component L-space links of linking number zero in terms of the \(h\)-function, generalizing a formula of \textit{Y. Ni} and \textit{Z. Wu} [J. Reine Angew. Math. 706, 1--17 (2015; Zbl 1328.57010)]. As a consequence, for such links with unknotted components, we characterize L-space surgery slopes in terms of the \(\nu^+\)-invariants of the knots obtained from blowing down the components. We give a proof of a skein inequality for the \(d\)-invariants of +1 surgeries along linking number zero links that differ by a crossing change. We also describe bounds on the smooth four-genus of links in terms of the \(h\)-function, expanding on previous work of the second author [\textit{B. Liu}, Algebr. Geom. Topol. 19, No. 7, 3511--3540 (2019; Zbl 1439.57020)], and use these bounds to calculate the four-genus in several examples of links.