Non-sliceness conjecture for the exceptional pretzel family

For integers m0m\geq 0, odd integers aa and qiq_i with a,qi3a,|q_i|\geq3 and a1,11,37,47,49,59(mod60)a\equiv1,11,37,47,49,59\pmod{60}, define

E={a,a2,(a+1)22,q1,q1,,qm,qm}.\mathcal E=\left\{a,-a-2,-\frac{(a+1)^2}{2},q_1,-q_1,\dots,q_m,-q_m\right\}.

Let P(p1,,pn)P(p_1,\dots,p_n) be a pretzel knot with one even parameter. Exceptional-family non-sliceness conjecture. If {p1,,pn}E\{p_1,\dots,p_n\}\subset\mathcal E, then P(p1,,pn)P(p_1,\dots,p_n) is not slice. This is motivated by substantial evidence, but the exceptional family remains unresolved in the paper.

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Ana G. Lecuona, “On the slice-ribbon conjecture for pretzel knots”, arXiv:1309.0550 (2013).

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