The immersed-genus extension of Property G

Let YY be a closed, oriented, connected 33--manifold, let KYK\subset Y be a null-homologous knot, and let FF be a taut Seifert surface for KK. Set

X=(Y×[0,1])#N(CP2#CP2).X=(Y\times[0,1])\#N(\mathbb CP^2\#\overline{\mathbb CP^2}).

Let ι ⁣:(Y,K)(X,K×{0})\iota\colon (Y,K)\to (X,K\times\{0\}) be the inclusion map. The immersed-genus extension of Property G. If there is a properly embedded smooth connected surface GXG\subset X with boundary K×{0}K\times\{0\}, homology class [G]=ι[F]H2(X,K×{0})[G]=\iota_*[F]\in H_2(X,K\times\{0\}), and genus g(G)<g(F)g(G)<g(F), then KK has Property G.

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Yi Ni, “Property G and the 4–genus”, arXiv:2007.03721 (2023).

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