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Linear independence of rationally slice knots

Geometric Topology 2023-02-01 v2

Abstract

A knot in S3S^3 is rationally slice if it bounds a disk in a rational homology ball. We give an infinite family of rationally slice knots that are linearly independent in the knot concordance group. In particular, our examples are all infinite order. All previously known examples of rationally slice knots were order two.

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@article{arxiv.2011.07659,
  title  = {Linear independence of rationally slice knots},
  author = {Jennifer Hom and Sungkyung Kang and JungHwan Park and Matthew Stoffregen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.07659},
  year   = {2023}
}

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21 pages, 4 figures, final version, to appear in Geometry & Topology

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