The Strong Slope Conjecture for twisted generalized Whitehead doubles
Abstract
The Slope Conjecture proposed by Garoufalidis asserts that the degree of the colored Jones polynomial determines a boundary slope, and its refinement, the Strong Slope Conjecture proposed by Kalfagianni and Tran asserts that the linear term in the degree determines the topology of an essential surface that satisfies the Slope Conjecture. Under certain hypotheses, we show that twisted, generalized Whitehead doubles of a knot satisfies the Slope Conjecture and the Strong Slope Conjecture if the original knot does. Additionally, we provide a proof that there are Whitehead doubles which are not adequate.
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@article{arxiv.1811.11673,
title = {The Strong Slope Conjecture for twisted generalized Whitehead doubles},
author = {Kenneth L. Baker and Kimihiko Motegi and Toshie Takata},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.11673},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
This version has been accepted for publication in Quantum Topology. We restructured results and presentation to focus on the maximum degree of colored Jones polynomial for improved exposition and clarity. A cancellation error is also corrected. The changes mainly impact sections 1 and 2