The stable 4-genus of knots

DOI10.2140/AGT.2010.10.2191zbMATH Open1213.57015arXiv0904.3054OpenAlexW2964147452MaRDI QIDQ600812FDOQ600812

Authors: Charles Livingston 

Publication date: 2 November 2010

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The stable 4-genus of a knot K in 3-space is the limiting value of g_4(nK)/n, where g_4 denotes the 4-genus and n goes to infinity. This induces a seminorm on CQ, the concordance group tensored with the rational numbers. Basic properties of the stable genus are developed, as are examples focused on understanding the unit ball under this seminorm for specified subspaces of CQ. Subspaces spanned by torus knots are used to illustrate the distinction between the smooth and topological categories. A final example is given in which Casson-Gordon invariants are used to demonstrate that the stable genus can be a noninteger, something that cannot be detected by classical invariants or those arising from Heegaard-Floer or Khovanov homology. It is unknown if the stable genus determines a norm on CQ and no noninteger value for the stable genus is known.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.3054

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zbMATH Keywords

knot concordance grouptorus knotalgebraically slice knot4-genus of a knotCasson-Gordon invariantKhovanov-Rasmussen invariantknot signatureOzsváth-Szabó invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cobordism and concordance in PL-topology (57Q60) Floer homology (57R58) Cobordism and concordance in topological manifolds (57N70)

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