Knot concordance invariants from Seiberg-Witten theory and slice genus bounds in 4-manifolds

arXiv2205.11670MaRDI QIDQ6399984FDOQ6399984

Authors: David Baraglia 

Publication date: 23 May 2022

Abstract: We construct a new family of knot concordance invariants $het{a}^{(q)}(K)$, where $q$ is a prime number. Our invariants are obtained from the equivariant Seiberg-Witten-Floer cohomology, constructed by the author and Hekmati, applied to the degree $q$ cyclic cover of $S^3$ branched over $K$. In the case $q=2$, our invariant $het{a}^{(2)}(K)$ shares many similarities with the knot Floer homology invariant $u^{+}(K)$ defined by Hom and Wu. Our invariants $het{a}^{(q)}(K)$ give lower bounds on the genus of any smooth, properly embedded, homologically trivial surface bounding $K$ in a definite $4$-manifold with boundary $S^3$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10) Invariants of 4-manifolds (including Donaldson and Seiberg-Witten invariants) (57K41)

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