Uniqueness conjecture for generalized bridge trisections inducing isotopic trisections

Let (X,K)(X,\mathcal K) be a pair consisting of a 4-manifold and a knotted surface. A generalized bridge trisection is a generalized bridge decomposition of this pair, and two such trisections may be compared by elementary perturbation and unperturbation moves. Uniqueness conjecture. Any two generalized bridge trisections for (X,K)(X,\mathcal K) that induce isotopic trisections of XX can be made isotopic after a sequence of elementary perturbation and unperturbation moves. This conjecture concerns uniqueness of generalized bridge trisections relative to the induced trisection of the ambient 4-manifold; the source suggests that an affirmative answer may follow from the relevant Cerf theory.

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Jeffrey Meier and Alexander Zupan, “Bridge trisections of knotted surfaces in 4–manifolds”, arXiv:1710.01745 (2017).

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