On classical upper bounds for slice genera

DOI10.1007/S00029-018-0435-XMaRDI QIDQ1618287zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Peter Feller, Lukas Lewark

Publication date 13 November 2018

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.02679

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic unknotting numberCasson-Gordon invariantsknot generaSeifert formslice genus

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Abstract: We introduce a new link invariant called the algebraic genus, which gives an upper bound for the topological slice genus of links. In fact, the algebraic genus is an upper bound for another version of the slice genus proposed here: the minimal genus of a surface in the four-ball whose complement has infinite cyclic fundamental group. We characterize the algebraic genus in terms of cobordisms in three-space, and explore the connections to other knot invariants related to the Seifert form, the Blanchfield form, knot genera and unknotting. Employing Casson-Gordon invariants, we discuss the algebraic genus as a candidate for the optimal upper bound for the topological slice genus that is determined by the S-equivalence class of Seifert matrices.

Review text

The authors introduce a new link invariant called the algebraic genus. They relate this invariant to some other link invariants derived from the Seifert form, the Blanchfield form, knot genera and unknotting. In particular, this invariant gives an upper bound for the integral version of the slice genus invariant (\(\mathbb{Z}\)-slice genus) proposed in this paper which is clearly an upper bound for the topological slice genus of links. Moreover, they discuss two questions and conjecture that they have a positive answer. The goal of these two questions is to give a better understanding of this new link invariant. The first one is concerned with the equality between this invariant and \(\mathbb{Z}\)-slice genus of any link. This will imply that this new link invariant is classical, i.e. it depends only on the \(S\)-equivalence class of Seifert matrices. The second one is concerned with the optimality of this invariant as an upper bound for the topological slice genus determined by the \(S\)-equivalence class of Seifert matrices.

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