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The slice-ribbon conjecture for 3-stranded pretzel knots

Geometric Topology 2007-08-07 v2

Abstract

We determine the smooth concordance order of the 3-stranded pretzel knots P(p,q,r) with p,q,r odd. We show that each one of finite order is, in fact, ribbon, thereby proving the slice-ribbon conjecture for this family of knots. As corollaries we give new proofs of results first obtained by Fintushel-Stern and Casson-Gordon.

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@article{arxiv.0706.3398,
  title  = {The slice-ribbon conjecture for 3-stranded pretzel knots},
  author = {Joshua Greene and Stanislav Jabuka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.3398},
  year   = {2007}
}
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