New bounds on topological slice genus for torus knots.
problem Estimating the topological slice genus of torus knots.
method Analyzing the locally flat slice genus and applying it to derive bounds.
result Best possible linear estimate of topological slice genus for torus knots with non-maximal signature.
The paper proves a conjecture about satellite knots and their slice genus.
problem The topological slice genus of satellite knots and its bounds.
method Establishes the conjecture for a variant of the topological slice genus, the Z-slice genus.
result The topological slice genus of a satellite knot is bounded above by the sum of the slice genera of the knot and the pattern.
New link invariant bounds topological slice genus.
problem Bounding the topological slice genus of links.
method Introducing algebraic genus as a new link invariant and using Casson-Gordon invariants.
result Algebraic genus is an upper bound for the topological slice genus.
The paper uses twisting operations to bound knot genus.
problem Bounding the topological slice genus of knots.
method Develops null-homologous twisting operations to study algebraic genus.
result New upper bounds on algebraic genera of torus and satellite knots.
The paper calculates slice genera for knots up to 12 crossings.
problem Determining the slice genera of knots up to 12 crossings.
method Used computer searches for genus one concordances, algebraic genus, and new obstructions from Seifert forms and Donaldson's theorem.
result Completed computation of topological slice genera for all knots up to 11 crossings.
Paper bounds double slice genus of knots.
problem Understanding knot genus complexities.
method Using Casson-Gordon invariants, the paper defines and bounds the double slice genus.
result Double slice genus can be much larger than slice genus.
We use the famous knot-theoretic consequence of Freedman's disc theorem---knots with trivial Alexander polynomial bound a locally-flat disc in the 4-ball---to prove the following generalization. The degree of the Alexander polynomial of a knot is an upper bound for twice its topological slice genus. We provide examples…
New examples show algebraically slice knots with specific genus bounds.
problem Understanding slice genus of algebraic knots and their mirrors.
method Genus bound from Casson-Gordon invariants and cabling formula.
result Examples of algebraically slice knots with specific genus bounds.
The concordance genus of a knot K is the minimum Seifert genus of all knots smoothly concordant to K. Concordance genus is bounded below by the 4-ball genus and above by the Seifert genus. We give a lower bound for the concordance genus of K coming from the knot Floer complex of K. As an application, we prove that ther…
New links can't be smoothly split but have large slice sizes.
problem Non-split topologically slice links with large smooth slice genus.
method Constructed an infinite family of links.
result None of the constructed links is smoothly concordant to a split link and has arbitrarily large smooth slice genus.
We obtain new lower bounds of the minimal genus of a locally flat surface representing a 2-dimensional homology class in a topological 4-manifold with boundary, using the von Neumann-Cheeger-Gromov ρ-invariant. As an application our results are employed to investigate the slice genus of knots. We illustrate examples …
New knots found with different smooth and topological slice genera.
problem Identifying knots with differing smooth and topological slice genera.
method Examined 2-bridge knots, finding the smallest example with 12 crossings.
result Found infinitely many 2-bridge knots with differing genera.
Study on Whitehead doubles and their sliceness properties.
problem Understanding sliceness of Whitehead doubles of knots.
method Survey of techniques to obstruct sliceness and improve bounds on non-orientable genus.
result Improved bounds on non-orientable 4 genus of Whitehead doubles and genus 1 non-orientable cobordisms to cable knots.
New invariant defined for unoriented knots, proving no factorization through topological concordance.
problem Defining and proving properties of unoriented slice-torus invariants.
method Introducing and proving properties of unoriented slice-torus invariants.
result Unoriented slice-torus invariants do not factor through the topological concordance group.
Study shows knots can have large genus difference from concordance.
problem Understanding genus differences in knots and surfaces.
method Analyzes the topological 4-genus and minimal genus of bounded surfaces.
result Arbitrarily large genus difference between knots and their concordance.
The paper introduces signatures for virtual knots and applies them to study concordance.
problem Investigating the concordance of virtual knots and their slice genus.
method Defined Tristram-Levine signatures for almost classical knots, used Seifert pairing, and introduced parity projection.
result Established slice obstructions for all virtual knots and determined slice status for almost classical knots.
Defines super stable maps and proves quotient superorbifolds for genus zero.
problem Defines stable supercurves and super stable maps of genus zero.
method Uses labeled trees and slice theorem for super Lie groups.
result Proves moduli space of stable supercurves and super stable maps are quotient superorbifolds.
New homomorphisms from knot Floer homology help classify knots.
problem Classifying knots based on their concordance properties.
method Defined an infinite family of concordance homomorphisms using knot Floer complexes.
result Explicitly computable homomorphisms that are linearly independent.
We provide linear lower bounds for the signature of positive braids in terms of the three genus of their braid closure. This yields linear bounds for the topological slice genus of knots that arise as closures of positive braids.
The paper defines new knot genera and finds bounds for stabilization distances.
problem Finding bounds for stabilization distances of symmetric surfaces.
method Defining new knot genera and using them to find bounds.
result Constructs unknotted symmetric 2-spheres without symmetric 3-ball bounds.
We consider the issue of the slice invariance of refined topological string amplitudes, which means that they are independent of the choice of the preferred direction of the refined topological vertex. We work out two examples. The first example is a geometric engineering of five-dimensional U(1) gauge theory with a ma…
Defines a knot genus filtration in smooth concordance group.
problem Understanding the structure of the smooth concordance group.
method Uses Heegaard Floer invariants to define and study the filtration.
result Quotient groups with respect to the filtration are infinitely generated.
The paper calculates the slice genus for many virtual knots.
problem Determining which virtual knots are slice.
method Computing Turaev's graded genus and developing an algorithm for virtual unknotting operations.
result Many virtual knots with 6 or fewer crossings are slice.
The study explores how surface diffeomorphisms of knots relate to their topological properties.
problem Understanding how properties of surface diffeomorphisms of knots relate to their topological properties.
method Examining both braid and fibered knot perspectives to explore the relationship between surface diffeomorphisms and knot properties.
result Properties of surface diffeomorphisms may relate to four-dimensional topological properties of knots, such as the slice genus.
The paper generalizes the T-genus to characterize slice knots and slice genus.
problem Characterizing slice knots and slice genus using the T-genus. method Generalizing the T-genus to provide a 3-dimensional characterization of the slice genus. result The difference between the T-genus and the slice genus can be arbitrarily large. New lower bound for doubly slice genus using knot signatures.
problem Finding a lower bound for the doubly slice genus of knots.
method Using the classical signature function to derive a new lower bound.
result Proved that for every nonnegative integer N, there exists a knot with exactly N difference between slice and doubly slice genus.
New bounds on knot complexity defined via band number and surface diagrams.
problem Understanding the complexity of knots and their generalizations.
method Defining and analyzing band number, using broken surface diagrams and 3-manifold embeddings.
result Band number is an upper bound on double slice genus, a knot complexity measure.
Lower bounds on rational slice genus using Heegaard Floer invariants.
problem Measuring complexity of homology classes in 4-manifolds.
method Introducing rational slice genus, bounding Heegaard Floer τ invariants, using satellite links and closed braids.
result Lower bounds on rational slice genus in terms of Heegaard Floer τ invariants.
Characterizes values of slice-torus invariants related to knot genus.
problem Understanding the values of slice-torus invariants for knots.
method Characterization based on stable smooth slice genus.
result Existence of slice torus invariants without explicit constructions.
Metrics on knot concordance refine slice genus, revealing non-discrete topology.
problem Measuring and comparing knot concordance classes.
method Associate length functions to grope concordances, refining slice genus.
result Topology induced by metrics on knot concordance set is not discrete for all q>1.
New invariants improve Heegaard Floer slice genus and clasp number bounds.
problem Improving bounds for knot concordance.
method Using knot Floer homology and involutive correction terms.
result Improved slice genus and clasp number bounds proved.
The paper characterizes and contrasts knots with high 4D clasp numbers.
problem Characterizing knots with high 4-dimensional clasp numbers.
method Topological category analysis and construction of counterexamples.
result Characterization and contrast of knots with high 4D clasp numbers.
Defines a new homomorphism for strongly invertible knots, proving equivariant algebraic concordance.
problem Equivariant algebraic concordance of strongly invertible knots.
method Defining a homomorphism Φ from equivariant concordance group to a new equivariant algebraic concordance group, proving it lifts known homomorphisms and provides new obstructions. result Obtains a new obstruction to equivariant sliceness and novel lower bounds on equivariant slice genus.
Study of knots in 4-manifolds, proving slice genus is not always an invariant.
problem Slice genus is not always an invariant of X0(K). method Analyzing 0-shake genus and using satellite operations. result Infinitely many knots with 0-shake genus strictly less than slice genus. Local knots can't bound smaller surfaces in rational homology 3-spheres.
problem Understanding local knots and their bounds in rational homology 3-spheres.
method Using Heegaard Floer invariant ν+ and additivity results.
result Local knots from ν+ -sharp knots have rational slice genus equal to the slice genus of the original knot.
New bounds on slice genus from knot invariants.
problem Bounding slice genus of knots in RP3. method Using s-invariant to establish lower bounds. result Proves conjecture on slice genus bounds.
We show that perturbing the definition of sl(n) Khovanov-Rozansky link homology gives a lower bound on the slice genus of a knot. As a corollary this yields another proof of Milnor's conjecture on the slice genus of torus knots.
Study on knots, genera, and algebraic concordance groups.
problem Understanding the equivariant slice genus of strongly invertible knots.
method Using the Blanchfield form to establish lower bounds and formulate an equivariant algebraic concordance group.
result The equivariant slice genus of an equivariant connected sum of a genus one strongly invertible slice knot is at least n/4.
We define Casson-Gordon sigma-invariants for links and give a lower bound of the slice genus of a link in terms of these invariants. We study as an example a family of two component links of genus h and show that their slice genus is h, whereas the Murasugi-Tristram inequality does not obstruct this link from bounding …
Identifies doubly slice genera for 2909 prime knots with up to 12 crossings.
problem Determining the doubly slice genera of prime knots.
method Identifies the minimal genus g for each knot K that divides a surface in S4. result Identified the doubly slice genera for 2909 prime knots with up to 12 crossings.
Obstructs Legendrian knots from being slices of concordances using doubly slice genus.
problem Obstructing Legendrian knots from being slices of concordances.
method Uses Eliashberg and Polterovitch's result on doubly slice genus as an obstruction.
result Obstructs Legendrian knots from being slices of concordances, including examples of Pretzel knots.
Constructs exotic proper 2-knots from open 2-handles.
problem Proving topological equivalence of exotic proper knotted surfaces.
method Flexible construction of exotic open 2-handles, distinguishing through genus functions and end Floer homology.
result Constructs infinite families of irreducible exotic proper knotted surfaces.
New invariants refine link homology, showing large genus differences.
problem Understanding genus differences in equivariant cobordisms.
method Refined Bar-Natan homology for involutive links, constructing new numerical invariants.
result Difference between equivariant and isotopy-equivariant slice genera can be arbitrarily large.
Study knot Floer homology to create concordance invariants and slice genus bounds.
problem Developing concordance invariants using knot Floer homology.
method Using knot Floer homology, define and analyze equivariant concordance invariants.
result Showed a family of strongly invertible slice knots with arbitrarily large equivariant slice genus.
The twisting number of a ribbon knot is at least as large as its doubly slice genus.
problem Proving a lower bound for the twisting number of ribbon knots in terms of their doubly slice genus.
method Analyzing symmetric unions and tangle replacements to establish the bound.
result Ribbon knots have arbitrarily high twisting numbers, matching their doubly slice genus.
New invariant measures doubly slice links, disproving previous bounds.
problem Understanding doubly slice links and their invariants.
method Introduced new invariant gst to measure doubly slice links and disproved previous bounds. result Examples of links with large doubly slice genus but gst=1. Study inequalities between knot invariants and compute new bounds.
problem Understanding inequalities and bounds between knot invariants.
method Directed graph of inequalities, database construction, systematic transitivity criterion.
result 139 new exact values for unknotting number and doubly slice genus.
Every genus 1 algebraically slice knot is 1-solvable.
problem Understanding the concordance group of knots and links.
method Developed and applied the solvable filtration to knots and links.
result Proved that every genus 1 algebraically slice knot is 1-solvable.