Comparing nonorientable three genus and nonorientable four genus of torus knots

DOI10.1142/S0218216520500133zbMATH Open1439.57016arXiv1907.12970OpenAlexW3004411579WikidataQ106851015 ScholiaQ106851015MaRDI QIDQ5111774FDOQ5111774

Cornelia A. Van Cott, Stanislav Jabuka

Publication date: 27 May 2020

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

Abstract: We compare the values of the nonorientable three genus (or, crosscap number) and the nonorientable four genus of torus knots. In particular, let T(p,q) be any torus knot with p even and q odd. The difference between these two invariants on T(p,q) is at least k/2, where p = qk + a and 0 < a < q and $kgeq0$. Hence, the difference between the two invariants on torus knots T(p,q) grows arbitrarily large for any fixed odd q, as p ranges over values of a fixed congruence class modulo q. This contrasts with the orientable setting. Seifert proved that the orientable three genus of the torus knot T(p,q) is (p-1)(q-1)/2, and Kronheimer and Mrowka later proved that the orientable four genus of T(p,q) is also this same value.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.12970

zbMATH Keywords

torus knotcrosscap numbernonorientable four genusnonorientable three genus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

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