Branched covers bounding rational homology balls

DOI10.2140/AGT.2021.21.3569zbMATH Open1494.57002arXiv2002.10324OpenAlexW4206232192MaRDI QIDQ2070104FDOQ2070104

Authors: Paolo Aceto, Jeffrey Meier, Allison N. Miller, Maggie Miller, Junghwan Park, András I. Stipsicz 

Publication date: 21 January 2022

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Prime power fold cyclic branched covers along smoothly slice knots all bound rational homology balls. This phenomenon, however, does not characterize slice knots. In this paper, we give a new construction of non-slice knots that have the above property. The sliceness obstruction comes from computing twisted Alexander polynomials, and we introduce new techniques to simplify their calculation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.10324

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zbMATH Keywords

knot concordance groupslice knotsbranched coverstwisted Alexander polynomials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12) Knot theory (57K10)

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