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We define the stabilizing number $operatorname{sn}(K)$ of a knot $K subset S^3$ as the minimal number $n$ of $S^2 times S^2$ connected summands required for $K$ to bound a nullhomotopic locally flat disc in $D^4 # n S^2 times S^2$. This quantity is defined when the Arf invariant of $K$ is zero. We show that $operatorname{sn}(K)$ is bounded below by signatures and Casson-Gordon invariants and bounded above by the topological $4$-genus $g_4^{operatorname{top}}(K)$. We provide an infinite family of examples with $operatorname{sn}(K)<g_4^{operatorname{top}}(K)$.
For every $k geq 2$ we construct infinitely many $4k$-dimensional manifolds that are all stably diffeomorphic but pairwise not homotopy equivalent. Each of these manifolds has hyperbolic intersection form and is stably parallelisable. In fact we cons
A knot in $S^3$ is rationally slice if it bounds a disk in a rational homology ball. We give an infinite family of rationally slice knots that are linearly independent in the knot concordance group. In particular, our examples are all infinite order.
The fundamental quandle is a powerful invariant of knots and links, but it is difficult to describe in detail. It is often useful to look at quotients of the quandle, especially finite quotients. One natural quotient introduced by Joyce is the $n$-qu
We consider Milnor invariants for certain covering links as a generalization of covering linkage invariants formulated by R. Hartley and K. Murasugi. A set of Milnor invariants for covering links is a cobordism invariant of a link, and that this inva
Kashaev and Reshetikhin previously described a way to define holonomy invariants of knots using quantum $mathfrak{sl}_2$ at a root of unity. These are generalized quantum invariants depend both on a knot $K$ and a representation of the fundamental gr