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On an integral version of the Rasmussen invariant

Geometric Topology 2022-02-02 v1

Abstract

We define a Rasmussen ss-invariant over the coefficient ring of the integers, and show how it is related to the ss-invariants defined over a field. A lower bound for the slice genus of a knot arising from it is obtained, and we give examples of knots for which this lower bound is better than all lower bounds coming from the ss-invariants over fields. We also compare it to the Lipshitz-Sarkar refinement related to the first Steenrod square.

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@article{arxiv.2202.00445,
  title  = {On an integral version of the Rasmussen invariant},
  author = {Dirk Schuetz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.00445},
  year   = {2022}
}

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20 pages