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Doubly slice knots and metabelian obstructions

Geometric Topology 2019-09-19 v1

Abstract

For >1\ell >1, we develop L(2)L^{(2)}-signature obstructions for (43)(4\ell-3)-dimensional knots with metabelian knot groups to be doubly slice. For each >1\ell>1, we construct an infinite family of knots on which our obstructions are non-zero, but for which double sliceness is not obstructed by any previously known invariant.

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@article{arxiv.1909.08127,
  title  = {Doubly slice knots and metabelian obstructions},
  author = {Patrick Orson and Mark Powell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.08127},
  year   = {2019}
}

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