Knot concordance invariants from Seiberg-Witten theory and slice genus bounds in \(4\)-manifolds
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Knot concordance invariants from Seiberg-Witten theory and slice genus bounds in \(4\)-manifolds
author: David Baraglia
published in: International Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 2024-09-03T00:00:00Z
review text: In this paper, the author introduces a family of knot concordance invariants \(\theta^{(q)}\) for each prime based on the equivariant Seiberg-Witten-Floer cohomology. These invariants \(\theta^{(q)}(K)\) are subadditive under the connected sum and provide sharper lower bounds for the slice genus \(g_4(K)\) of \(K\) than the knot signature. Moreover, \(\theta^{(q)}(K)\) give lower bounds for the genus of homologically trivial, smooth, properly embedded surfaces bounding \(K\) in a definite 4-manifold \(X\) with \(H_1(X)=0\) and \(\partial X = S^3\).\N\NThe invariants \(\theta^{(q)}\) are derived from the author's previous work [\textit{D. Baraglia} and \textit{P. Hekmati}, Algebr. Geom. Topol. 24, No. 1, 493--554 (2024; Zbl 1545.57013)]. There, the author constructed, for each prime \(q\), a sequence of integral-valued invariants for \(\mathbb{Z}_q\)- \(\operatorname{spin}^c\)-rational homology spheres \((Y,\mathfrak{s})\). The author denoted them by \(\delta_{\mathbb{Z}_2, Q^j}(Y,\mathfrak{s})\) for \(q=2\), and \(\delta_{\mathbb{Z}_q,S^j}(Y,\mathfrak{s})\) for \(q>2\). For simplicity, we use the same notation \(\delta_{\mathbb{Z}_q, j}(Y,\mathfrak{s})\) regardless of the parity of \(q\).\N\NFrom these results, one can define the knot concordance invariants \(\delta_j ^{(q)}(K):= 4 \delta_{\mathbb{Z}_q, j}(\Sigma_q(K), \mathfrak{s}_0)\), where \((\Sigma_q(K),\mathfrak{s}_0)\) is the \(q\)-fold cyclic cover of \(S^3\) branched along \(K\) equipped with the distinguished \(\mathbb{Z}_q\)-invariant \(\operatorname{spin}^c\)-structure \(\mathfrak{s}_0\). These invariants \(\delta^{(q)}_{j}(K)\) are decreasing as functions of \(j\ge 0\) and satisfy \(\delta^{(q)}_{j}(K)+\frac{1}{2}\sigma^{(q)}(K)\ge 0\). The equality holds for all \(j\ge g_4(K)-\frac{1}{2}\sigma(K)\) when \(q=2\) and all \(j\ge \frac{q-1}{2}g_4(K)-\frac{\sigma^{(q)}(K)}{4}\) when \(q>2\). Then define, for each integer \(m\ge0\), \N\[\N\begin{cases}\theta ^{(2)}(K,m) :=\operatorname{max}\left\{0, j^{(2)}(…
reviewed by: Hongtaek Jung
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57K10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57K41
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57R57
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57R58
zbMATH DE Number: 7905788
zbMATH Keywords: Seiberg-Witten
zbMATH Keywords: Floer homology
zbMATH Keywords: knot concordance
zbMATH Keywords: slice genus
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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DOI: 10.1142/S0129167X24500320
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7905788