New constructions of slice links
Tim D. Cochran
Rice University, Houston, USAStefan Friedl
Universität Regensburg, GermanyPeter Teichner
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Abstract
We use techniques of Freedman and Teichner [FT] to prove that under certain circumstances the multi-infection of a slice link is again slice (not necessarily smoothly slice). We provide a general context for proving links are slice that includes many of the previously known results.
Cite this article
Tim D. Cochran, Stefan Friedl, Peter Teichner, New constructions of slice links. Comment. Math. Helv. 84 (2009), no. 3, pp. 617–638
DOI 10.4171/CMH/175