Slopes of links and signature formulas

DOI10.1090/CONM/772/15483zbMATH Open1494.57006arXiv2002.02790OpenAlexW3202220124MaRDI QIDQ5085300FDOQ5085300

Authors: Vincent Florens, Ana G. Lecuona, Alex Degtyarev 

Publication date: 27 June 2022

Published in: Topology, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a new invariant, called slope, of a colored link in an integral homology sphere and use this invariant to complete the signature formula for the splice of two links. We develop a number of ways of computing the slope and a few vanishing results. Besides, we discuss the concordance invariance of the slope and establish its close relation to the Conway polynomials, on the one hand, and to the Kojima--Yamasaki $eta$-function (in the univariate case) and Cochran invariants, on the other hand.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.02790

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zbMATH Keywords

concordancesplicenullityslopeFox derivative\(C\)-complexcolored linkmultivariate signature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12) Knot polynomials (57K14) Knot theory (57K10)

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Uses Software

• Knot Atlas

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