A Sliceness Criterion for Odd Free Knots
Geometric Topology
2017-07-20 v2
Abstract
The main goal of this paper is to prove that for odd free knots - that is free knots with all odd crossings - the problem of sliceness (the existence of a spanning disc) has an explicit answer based on the pairing of the knot diagram chords.
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@article{arxiv.1707.04923,
title = {A Sliceness Criterion for Odd Free Knots},
author = {Denis Fedoseev and Vassily Manturov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.04923},
year = {2017}
}
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9 pages, 8 figures