A Levine-Tristram invariant for knotted tori
Abstract
Echeverria recently introduced an invariant for a smoothly embedded torus in a homology , using gauge theory for singular connections. We define a new topological invariant of such an embedded torus, analogous to the classical Levine-Tristram invariant of a knot. In the 3-dimensional situation, a count of singular connections on a knot complement reproduces the Levine-Tristram invariant. We compute the invariant for a number of examples embedded tori, and show that our topological invariant is the same as what one might expect from Echeverria's invariant. Langte Ma has subsequently shown this in general.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2010.02355,
title = {A Levine-Tristram invariant for knotted tori},
author = {Daniel Ruberman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.02355},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
28 pages, one figure. Revised introduction, amended discussion of one example, and added another example. Version 3 is the final version, to appear in Algebraic & Geometric Topology