<p>A knot in <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="29_2025_1020_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="19" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(S^3\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msup> <mi>S</mi> <mn>3</mn> </msup> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> is topologically slice if it bounds a locally flat disk in <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="29_2025_1020_Article_IEq2.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="21" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(B^4\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msup> <mi>B</mi> <mn>4</mn> </msup> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>. A knot in <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="29_2025_1020_Article_IEq3.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="19" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(S^3\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msup> <mi>S</mi> <mn>3</mn> </msup> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> is rationally slice if it bounds a smooth disk in a rational homology ball. We prove that the smooth concordance group of topologically and rationally slice knots admits a <InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="29_2025_1020_Article_IEq4.gif" Format="GIF" Height="14" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="26" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\mathbb {Z}^\infty \)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msup> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi> </mrow> <mi>∞</mi> </msup> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> subgroup. All previously known examples of knots that are both topologically and rationally slice were of order two. As a direct consequence, it follows that there are infinitely many topologically slice knots that are strongly rationally slice but not slice.</p>

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Topologically and rationally slice knots

  • Jennifer Hom,
  • Sungkyung Kang,
  • JungHwan Park

摘要

A knot in \(S^3\) S 3 is topologically slice if it bounds a locally flat disk in \(B^4\) B 4 . A knot in \(S^3\) S 3 is rationally slice if it bounds a smooth disk in a rational homology ball. We prove that the smooth concordance group of topologically and rationally slice knots admits a \(\mathbb {Z}^\infty \) Z subgroup. All previously known examples of knots that are both topologically and rationally slice were of order two. As a direct consequence, it follows that there are infinitely many topologically slice knots that are strongly rationally slice but not slice.