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Topologically slice knots that are not smoothly slice in any definite 4-manifold

Geometric Topology 2018-03-16 v1

Abstract

We prove that there exist infinitely many topologically slice knots which cannot bound a smooth null-homologous disk in any definite 4-manifold. Furthermore, we show that we can take such knots so that they are linearly independent in the the knot concordance group.

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@article{arxiv.1606.06491,
  title  = {Topologically slice knots that are not smoothly slice in any definite 4-manifold},
  author = {Kouki Sato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.06491},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures