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Notes on the knot concordance invariant Upsilon

Geometric Topology 2020-10-05 v3

Abstract

The knot concordance invariant Upsilon, recently defined by Ozsvath, Stipsicz, and Szabo, takes values in the group of piecewise linear functions on the closed interval [0,2]. This paper presents a description of one approach to defining Upsilon and of proving its basic properties related to the knot 3-genus, 4-genus, and concordance genus.

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@article{arxiv.1412.0254,
  title  = {Notes on the knot concordance invariant Upsilon},
  author = {Charles Livingston},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.0254},
  year   = {2020}
}

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This version includes revisions that were made before the final acceptance by AGT

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