Braiding link cobordisms and non-ribbon surfaces

DOI10.2140/AGT.2015.15.3707zbMATH Open1339.57032arXiv1305.2973OpenAlexW2289753396MaRDI QIDQ907784FDOQ907784

Authors: Mark C. Hughes 

Publication date: 26 January 2016

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

Abstract: We define the notion of a braided link cobordism in $S^{3}imes[0,1]$, which generalizes Viro's closed surface braids in $mathbb{R}^4$. We prove that any properly embedded oriented surface $Wsubset{S}^{3}imes[0,1]$ is isotopic to a surface in this special position, and that the isotopy can be taken rel boundary when $partialW$ already consists of closed braids. These surfaces are closely related to another notion of surface braiding in $D^{2}imes{D}^2$, called braided surfaces with caps, which are a generalization of Rudolph's braided surfaces. We mention several applications of braided surfaces with caps, including using them to apply algebraic techniques from braid groups to studying surfaces in 4-space, as well as constructing singular fibrations on smooth 4-manifolds from a given handle decomposition.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2973

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zbMATH Keywords

knotslinksbraidsknot cobordismslink cobordisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12) Isotopy in differential topology (57R52)

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