2019/10/08 by Allison N. Miller, Miller, Allison N.
Mathematics · #57M25 #57N70 #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #math.GT #msc:57M25 #msc:57N70
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1910.03461
17 pages, 12 figures
arxiv created 2019/10/08 · openalex publication_date 2019/10/08 · arxiv updated 2019/10/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A knot in a solid torus defines a map on the set of (smooth or topological) concordance classes of knots in S3. This set admits a group structure, but a conjecture of Hedden suggests that satellite maps never induce interesting homomorphisms: we give new evidence for this conjecture in both categories. First, we use Casson-Gordon signatures to give the first obstruction to a slice pattern inducing a homomorphism on the topological concordance group, constructing examples with every winding number besides ± 1. We then provide subtle examples of satellite maps which map arbitrarily deep into the n-solvable filtration of [COT03], act like homomorphisms on arbitrary finite sets of knots, and yet which still do not induce homomorphisms. Finally, we verify Hedden's conjecture in the smooth category for all but one small crossing number satellite operator.