The four-genus of connected sums of torus knots
2017 ◽
Vol 164
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pp. 531-550
AbstractWe study the four-genus of linear combinations of torus knots:g4(aT(p, q) #-bT(p′, q′)). Fixing positivep, q, p′, andq′, our focus is on the behavior of the four-genus as a function of positiveaandb. Three types of examples are presented: in the first, for allaandbthe four-genus is completely determined by the Tristram–Levine signature function; for the second, the recently defined Upsilon function of Ozsváth–Stipsicz–Szabó determines the four-genus for allaandb; for the third, a surprising interplay between signatures and Upsilon appears.
2019 ◽
Vol 199
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pp. 1547-1569
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2019 ◽
Vol 28
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pp. 1950035
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1990 ◽
Vol 37
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pp. 329-331
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1966 ◽
Vol 164
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pp. 63-74
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