{ "id": "1001.1538", "version": "v3", "published": "2010-01-10T17:18:50.000Z", "updated": "2011-05-07T16:43:13.000Z", "title": "Topologically slice knots with nontrivial Alexander polynomial", "authors": [ "Matthew Hedden", "Charles Livingston", "Daniel Ruberman" ], "comment": "27 pages, 7 figures. Clarified discussion of Spinc structures; fixed some typos", "journal": "Adv. in Math. 231 (2012), 913-939", "categories": [ "math.GT" ], "abstract": "Let C_T be the subgroup of the smooth knot concordance group generated by topologically slice knots and let C_D be the subgroup generated by knots with trivial Alexander polynomial. We prove the quotient C_T/C_D is infinitely generated, and uncover similar structure in the 3-dimensional rational spin bordism group. Our methods also lead to the construction of links that are topologically, but not smoothly, concordant to boundary links.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v3", "updated": "2011-05-07T16:43:13.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "57M25" ], "keywords": [ "topologically slice knots", "nontrivial alexander polynomial", "rational spin bordism group", "smooth knot concordance group", "uncover similar structure" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "Elsevier", "journal": "Adv. Math." }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 27, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2010arXiv1001.1538H" } } }