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Slice genus bound in $DTS^2$ from $s$-invariant

Geometric Topology 2024-12-18 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We prove a recent conjecture of Manolescu-Willis which states that the ss-invariant of a knot in RP3\mathbb{RP}^3 (as defined by them) gives a lower bound on its null-homologous slice genus in the unit disk bundle of TS2TS^2. We also conjecture a lower bound in the more general case where the slice surface is not necessarily null-homologous, and give its proof in some special cases.

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@article{arxiv.2306.17816,
  title  = {Slice genus bound in $DTS^2$ from $s$-invariant},
  author = {Qiuyu Ren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.17816},
  year   = {2024}
}

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8 pages

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