The intersection of three spheres in a sphere
and a new application
of the Sato-Levine invariant
Author:
Eiji Ogasa
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 3109-3116
MSC (1991):
Primary 57M25, 57Q45
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04398-6
MathSciNet review:
1452817
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Abstract: Take transverse immersions
such that (1)
is an embedding, (2)
and
is connected, and (3)
. Then we obtain three surface-links
= (
,
) in
, where
=(1,2,3), (2,3,1), (3,1,2). We prove that, we have the equality
where
is the Sato-Levine invariant of
, if all
are semi-boundary links.
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Additional Information
Eiji Ogasa
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo 153, Japan
Email:
i33992@m-unix.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04398-6
Keywords:
Surface-knot,
surface-link,
spin cobordism group,
the Sato-Levine invariant,
realizable triple of surface-links
Received by editor(s):
July 23, 1996
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
February 26, 1997
Additional Notes:
This research was partially suppported by Research Fellowships of the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists.
Communicated by:
Ronald A. Fintushel
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American Mathematical Society