Signature invariants of covering links
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Abstract:
We apply the theory of signature invariants of links in rational homology spheres to covering links of homology boundary links. From patterns and Seifert matrices of homology boundary links, we derive an explicit formula to compute signature invariants of their covering links. Using the formula, we produce fused boundary links that are positive mutants of ribbon links but are not concordant to boundary links. We also show that for any finite collection of patterns, there are homology boundary links that are not concordant to any homology boundary links admitting a pattern in the collection.References
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Additional Information
- Jae Choon Cha
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
- Address at time of publication: Information and Communications University, Daejeon 305–714, Korea
- Email: jccha@icu.ac.kr
- Ki Hyoung Ko
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305–701, Korea
- Email: knot@knot.kaist.ac.kr
- Received by editor(s): April 1, 2003
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: May 11, 2004
- Published electronically: May 26, 2005
- © Copyright 2005 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 358 (2006), 3399-3412
- MSC (2000): Primary 57M25, 57Q45, 57Q60
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-05-03739-6
- MathSciNet review: 2218981