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The 0-concordance monoid admits an infinite linearly independent set

Geometric Topology 2023-09-06 v3

Abstract

Under the relation of 00-concordance, the set of knotted 2-spheres in S4S^4 forms a commutative monoid M0\mathcal{M}_0 with the operation of connected sum. Sunukjian has recently shown that M0\mathcal{M}_0 contains a submonoid isomorphic to Z0\mathbb{Z}^{\ge 0}. In this note, we show that M0\mathcal{M}_0 contains a submonoid isomorphic to (Z0)(\mathbb{Z}^{\ge 0})^\infty. Our argument relates the 00-concordance monoid to linear independence of certain Seifert solids in the (spin) rational homology cobordism group.

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@article{arxiv.1907.07166,
  title  = {The 0-concordance monoid admits an infinite linearly independent set},
  author = {Irving Dai and Maggie Miller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.07166},
  year   = {2023}
}

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10 pages; final version. Published in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc