Concordance maps in knot Floer homology

Abstract: We show that a decorated knot concordance

C

from

K

to

K^{'}

induces a homomorphism

F_{C}

on knot Floer homology that preserves the Alexander and Maslov gradings. Furthermore, it induces a morphism of the spectral sequences to

w i d e h a t H F (S^{3}) c o n g m a t h b b Z_{2}

that agrees with

F_{C}

on the

E^{1}

page and is the identity on the

E^{i} n f t y

page. It follows that

F_{C}

is non-vanishing on

w i d e h a t {H F K}_{0} (K, a u (K))

. We also obtain an invariant of slice disks in homology 4-balls bounding

S^{3}

. If

C

is invertible, then

F_{C}

is injective, hence

d i m w i d e h a t {H F K}_{j} (K, i) l e d i m w i d e h a t {H F K}_{j} (K^{'}, i)

for every

i

,

j i n m a t h b b Z

. This implies an unpublished result of Ruberman that if there is an invertible concordance from the knot

K

to

K^{'}

, then

g (K) l e g (K^{'})

, where

g

denotes the Seifert genus. Furthermore, if

g (K) = g (K^{'})

and

K^{'}

is fibred, then so is

K

.

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