THE INTERSECTION OF SPHERES IN A SPHERE AND A NEW GEOMETRIC MEANING OF THE ARF INVARIANT

DOI10.1142/S0218216502002104MaRDI QIDQ4414965zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Eiji Ogasa

Publication date 10 August 2003

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0003089

zbMATH Keywords

Arf invariantknotlink3-knot

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract: Let S^3_i be a 3-sphere embedded in the 5-sphere S^5 (i=1,2). Let S^3_1 and S^3_2 intersect transversely. Then the intersection C of S^3_1 and S^3_2 is a disjoint collection of circles. Thus we obtain a pair of 1-links, C in S^3_i (i=1,2), and a pair of 3-knots, S^3_i in S^5 (i=1,2). Conversely let (L_1,L_2) be a pair of 1-links and (X_1,X_2) be a pair of 3-knots. It is natural to ask whether the pair of 1-links (L_1,L_2) is obtained as the intersection of the 3-knots X_1 and X_2 as above. We give a complete answer to this question. Our answer gives a new geometric meaning of the Arf invariant of 1-links. Let f be a smooth transverse immersion S^3 into S^5. Then the self-intersection C consists of double points. Suppose that C is a single circle in S^5. Then f^{-1}(C) in S^3 is a 1-knot or a 2-component 1-link. There is a similar realization problem. We give a complete answer to this question.

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