The Rasmussen Invariant, Four-genus, and Three-genus of an Almost Positive Knot Are Equal

Tagami, Keiji

Canadian mathematical bulletin, Tome 57 (2014) no. 2, pp. 431-438

Résumé

An oriented link is positive if it has a link diagram whose crossings are all positive. An oriented link is almost positive if it is not positive and has a link diagram with exactly one negative crossing. It is known that the Rasmussen invariant, 4-genus, and 3-genus of a positive knot are equal. In this paper, we prove that the Rasmussen invariant, 4-genus, and 3-genus of an almost positive knot are equal. Moreover, we determine the Rasmussen invariant of an almost positive knot in terms of its almost positive knot diagram. As corollaries, we prove that all almost positive knots are not homogeneous, and there is no almost positive knot of 4-genus one.

Détail

DOI : 10.4153/CMB-2014-005-7

Mots-clés : 57M27, 57M25, almost positive knot, four-genus, Rasmussen invariant

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