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ALGEBRAICALLY CONCORDANT SEIFERT FORMS AND KNOT CONCORDANCE

  • Kim, Taehee (Department of Mathematics Konkuk University)
  • Received : 2019.09.20
  • Accepted : 2019.10.31
  • Published : 2020.07.31
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Abstract

We show that if M and V are Seifert forms such that M is metabolic and has nontrivial Alexander polynomial, then there exists a knot K having Seifert form M ⊕ V that is not concordant to any knot with Seifert form V.

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