Chiral smoothings of knots

DOI10.1017/S0013091520000322zbMATH Open1459.57012arXiv1809.07619MaRDI QIDQ5145116FDOQ5145116

Charles Livingston

Publication date: 20 January 2021

Published in: Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given knots K and J, one can ask whether a single smoothing of a crossing in a diagram for K can convert it into a diagram for J. As an interesting example, Zekovic discovered that the torus knot T(2,5) can be converted into T(2,-5) with a single smoothing. On the other hand, Moore and Vasquez have shown that among torus knots of the form T(2,m), T(2,5) is the only one which can be converted into its mirror image with a single smoothing, assuming that m is square free. In this paper, Casson-Gordon theory is applied to extend the Moore-Vasquez result to all torus knots T(2,m), with the exception of T(2,9), which remains an open case. Applications of similar techniques to the general problem are also described, as are tools arising from Heegaard Floer theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.07619

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zbMATH Keywords

knot theoryknotchiral smoothing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

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Uses Software

• KnotInfo

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