Strong negative amphichirality criterion for 2-bridge knots

Let KK be a 2-bridge knot, and let Y=Σ(S3,K)Y=\Sigma(S^3,K) be its double branched cover. Let σ~\widetilde{\sigma} be a lift of the strong negative amphichiral involution when one exists. Say that the condition in Theorem d-invariants is satisfied when the Spinc(Y){\textup{Spin}^c}(Y)-orbits have one order-one orbit with correction term 00, while every other orbit has order four and the correction terms along each orbit are d(Y,σ~i(s))=(1)id(Y,s)d(Y,\widetilde{\sigma}^i(\mathfrak{s}))=(-1)^i d(Y,\mathfrak{s}). Strong negative amphichirality conjecture for 2-bridge knots. KK is strongly negative amphichiral if and only if the condition in Theorem d-invariants is satisfied. The condition is motivated by computations for 2-bridge knots with at most 12 crossings, where the correction-term pattern was found precisely for the strongly negative amphichiral knots; the general equivalence remains open.

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Keegan Boyle and Ahmad Issa, “Equivariantly slicing strongly negative amphichiral knots”, arXiv:2109.01198 (2021).

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