Seifert matrices and 6-knots

Hillman, J. A.; Kearton, C.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0961617-8

Seifert matrices and $6$-knots
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by J. A. Hillman and C. Kearton

Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 309 (1988), 843-855

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0961617-8

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Abstract:

A new classification of simple ${\mathbf {Z}}$-torsion-free $2q$-knots, $q \geqslant 3$, is given in terms of Seifert matrices modulo an equivalence relation. As a result the classification of such $2q$-knots, $q \geqslant 4$, in terms of $F$-forms is extended to the case $q = 3$.

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