Slice knots which bound punctured Klein bottles

DOI10.2140/AGT.2013.13.2713MaRDI QIDQ357700zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 13 August 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0838

Abstract: We investigate the properties of knots in S^3 which bound Klein bottles, such that a pushoff of the knot has zero linking number with the knot, i.e. has zero framing. This is motivated by the many results in the literature regarding slice knots of genus one, for example, the existence of homologically essential zero self-linking simple closed curves on genus one Seifert surfaces for algebraically slice knots. Given a knot K bounding a Klein bottle F with zero framing, we show that J, the core of the orientation-preserving band in any disk-band form of F, has zero self-linking. We prove that such a K is slice in a Z[1/2]-homology 4-ball if and only if J is as well, a stronger result than what is currently known for genus one slice knots. As an application, we prove that given knots K and J and any odd integer p, the (2, p) cables of K and J are Z[1/2]-concordant if and only if K and J are Z[1/2]-concordant. In particular, if the (2,1)-cable of a knot K is slice, K is slice in a Z[1/2]-homology ball.

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