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Comparing Bennequin-type inequalities

Geometric Topology 2020-10-06 v1

Abstract

The slice-Bennequin inequality states an upper bound for the self-linking number of a knot in terms of its four-ball genus. The ss-Bennequin and τ\tau-Bennequin inequalities provide upper bounds on the self-linking number of a knot in terms of the Rasmussen ss invariant and the Ozsv\'ath-Szab\'o τ\tau invariant. We exhibit examples in which the difference between self-linking number and four-ball genus grows arbitrarily large, whereas the ss-Bennequin inequality and the τ\tau-Bennequin inequality are both sharp.

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@article{arxiv.2010.01673,
  title  = {Comparing Bennequin-type inequalities},
  author = {Elaina Aceves and Keiko Kawamuro and Linh Truong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.01673},
  year   = {2020}
}

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18 pages, 12 figures

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