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 -Bennequin and -Bennequin inequalities provide upper bounds on the self-linking number of a knot in terms of the Rasmussen invariant and the Ozsv\'ath-Szab\'o invariant. We exhibit examples in which the difference between self-linking number and four-ball genus grows arbitrarily large, whereas the -Bennequin inequality and the -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