Some properties of ordinary sense slice 1-links: Some answers to problem (26) of Fox
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Abstract:
We prove that, for any ordinary sense slice 1-link $L$, we can define the Arf invariant, and Arf($L$)=0. We prove that, for any $m$-component 1-link $L_{1}$, there exists a $3m$-component ordinary sense slice 1-link $L_{2}$ of which $L_{1}$ is a sublink.References
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Additional Information
- Eiji Ogasa
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo 153, Japan
- Email: ogasa@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp, ogasa@ms513red.ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp
- Received by editor(s): April 10, 1996
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: December 27, 1996
- Additional Notes: This research was partially supported by Research Fellowships of the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists.
- Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
- © Copyright 1998 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 2175-2182
- MSC (1991): Primary 57M25, 57Q45
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04299-3
- MathSciNet review: 1443400