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A note on PL-disks and rationally slice knots

Geometric Topology 2021-07-20 v1

Abstract

We give infinitely many examples of manifold-knot pairs (Y, J) such that Y bounds an integer homology ball, J does not bound a non-locally-flat PL-disk in any integer homology ball, but J does bound a smoothly embedded disk in a rational homology ball. The proof relies on formal properties of involutive Heegaard Floer homology.

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@article{arxiv.2107.09022,
  title  = {A note on PL-disks and rationally slice knots},
  author = {Kristen Hendricks and Jennifer Hom and Matthew Stoffregen and Ian Zemke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.09022},
  year   = {2021}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure

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