Knot 4-genus and the rank of classes in W( Q(t))

DOI10.2140/PJM.2011.252.113zbMATH Open1231.57012arXiv0912.1022OpenAlexW2963920522MaRDI QIDQ650126FDOQ650126

Authors: Charles Livingston 

Publication date: 25 November 2011

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: To a Seifert matrix of a knot K one can associate a matrix w(K) with entries in the rational function field, Q(t). The Murasugi, Milnor, and Levine-Tristram knot signatures, all of which provide bounds on the 4-genus of a knot, are determined by w(K). More generally, the minimal rank of a representative of the class represented by w(K) in the Witt group of hermitian forms over Q(t) provides a lower bound for the 4-genus of K. Here we describe an easily computed new bound on the minimal rank of the class represented by w(K). Furthermore, this lower bound is complete modulo torsion in the Witt group. Specifically, if the bound on the rank is M, then 4w(K) has a representative of rank exactly 4M. Applications to explicit knots are given, finding 4-genus bounds for specific knots that are unattainable via other approaches.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.1022

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zbMATH Keywords

Seifert matrixWitt groupknot genus

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• KnotInfo

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