The (2,1)-cable of the figure-eight knot is not smoothly slice

We prove that the (2,1)-cable of the figure-eight knot is not smoothly slice by showing that its branched double cover bounds no equivariant homology ball.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dai, I, Kang, S, Mallick, A, Park, J, Stoffregen, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2024