English

Non-slice 3-stranded pretzel knots

Geometric Topology 2021-01-05 v1

Abstract

Greene-Jabuka and Lecuona confirmed the slice-ribbon conjecture for 3-stranded pretzel knots except for an infinite family P(a,a2,(a+1)22)P(a,-a-2,-\frac{(a+1)^2}{2}) where aa is an odd integer greater than 11. Lecuona and Miller showed that P(a,a2,(a+1)22)P(a,-a-2,-\frac{(a+1)^2}{2}) are not slice unless a1,11,37,47,59(mod60)a\equiv 1, 11, 37, 47, 59 \pmod{60}. In this note, we show that four-fifths of the remaining knots in the family are not slice.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2101.00865,
  title  = {Non-slice 3-stranded pretzel knots},
  author = {Min Hoon Kim and Changhee Lee and Minkyoung Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.00865},
  year   = {2021}
}
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