Fibered knots and potential counterexamples to the property 2R and slice-ribbon conjectures

DOI10.2140/GT.2010.14.2305zbMATH Open1214.57008arXiv1103.1601OpenAlexW2125508061WikidataQ123010831 ScholiaQ123010831MaRDI QIDQ611908FDOQ611908

Abigail Thompson, Robert E. Gompf, Martin Scharlemann

Publication date: 15 December 2010

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

Abstract: If there are any 2-component counterexamples to the Generalized Property R Conjecture, a least genus component of all such counterexamples cannot be a fibered knot. Furthermore, the monodromy of a fibered component of any such counterexample has unexpected restrictions. The simplest plausible counterexample to the Generalized Property R Conjecture could be a 2-component link containing the square knot. We characterize all two-component links that contain the square knot and which surger to (S^1 x S^2) # (S^1 x S^2). We exhibit a family of such links that are probably counterexamples to Generalized Property R. These links can be used to generate slice knots that are not known to be ribbon.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.1601

zbMATH Keywords

slice-ribbon conjectureAndrews--Curtis conjectureproperty R

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65) Cobordism and concordance in topological manifolds (57N70)

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