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2018 Topologically slice knots that are not smoothly slice in any definite $4$–manifold
Kouki Sato
Algebr. Geom. Topol. 18(2): 827-837 (2018). DOI: 10.2140/agt.2018.18.827

Abstract

We prove that there exist infinitely many topologically slice knots which cannot bound a smooth null-homologous disk in any definite 4 –manifold. Furthermore, we show that we can take such knots so that they are linearly independent in the knot concordance group.

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Kouki Sato. "Topologically slice knots that are not smoothly slice in any definite $4$–manifold." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 18 (2) 827 - 837, 2018. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2018.18.827

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Received: 1 August 2016; Revised: 18 June 2017; Accepted: 26 July 2017; Published: 2018
First available in Project Euclid: 22 March 2018

zbMATH: 06859606
MathSciNet: MR3773740
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/agt.2018.18.827

Subjects:
Primary: 57M25 , 57M27

Keywords: 4-manifolds , Heegaard Floer homology , knot concordance

Rights: Copyright © 2018 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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