Turaev genus, knot signature, and the knot homology concordance invariants

Dasbach, Oliver; Lowrance, Adam

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-2010-10698-6

Turaev genus, knot signature, and the knot homology concordance invariants

Authors: Oliver T. Dasbach and Adam M. Lowrance
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 139 (2011), 2631-2645
MSC (2010): Primary 57M25, 57M27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-2010-10698-6
Published electronically: December 22, 2010
MathSciNet review: 2784832
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Abstract: We give bounds on knot signature, the Ozsváth-Szabó $\tau$ invariant, and the Rasmussen invariant in terms of the Turaev genus of the knot.

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