The Complexity of Shake Slice Knots
Geometric Topology
2022-11-14 v3
Abstract
We define a notion of complexity for shake-slice knots which is analogous to the definition of complexity for h-cobordisms studied by Morgan-Szab\'o. We prove that for each framing and complexity , there is an -shake-slice knot with complexity at least . Our construction makes use of dualizable patterns, and we include a crash course in their properties. We bound complexity by studying the behavior of the classical knot signature and the Levine-Tristram signature of a knot under the operation of twisting algebraically-one strands.
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@article{arxiv.2111.12666,
title = {The Complexity of Shake Slice Knots},
author = {Charles Ransome Stine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.12666},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Revised to include a sharper statement, and give more insight into the construction of the examples. Comments welcome!