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Rational concordance of double twist knots

Geometric Topology 2025-04-11 v1

Abstract

Double twist knots Km,nK_{m, n} are known to be rationally slice if mn=0mn = 0, n=m±1n = -m\pm 1, or n=mn = -m. In this paper, we prove the converse. It is done by showing that infinitely many prime power-fold cyclic branched covers of the other cases do not bound a rational ball. Our rational ball obstruction is based on Donaldson's diagonalization theorem.

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@article{arxiv.2504.07636,
  title  = {Rational concordance of double twist knots},
  author = {Jaewon Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.07636},
  year   = {2025}
}

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19 pages, 4 figures