The concordance-invariance conjecture for modulo-4 reduced knot-homology ranks

Let KS3K\subset S^3 be a knot, let A\mathcal{A} be either Fp\mathbb{F}_p or Q\mathbb{Q}, and let C\mathcal{C} denote the knot concordance group. Concordance-invariance conjecture. The quantities

rkHFK^(K)(mod4)\operatorname{rk}\widehat{\operatorname{HFK}}(K)\pmod 4

and

rkKh~A(K)(mod4)\operatorname{rk}\widetilde{\operatorname{Kh}}_{\mathcal{A}}(K)\pmod 4

are concordance invariants; equivalently, they define homomorphisms from C\mathcal{C} to (Z/4Z)(\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z})^* by sending KK to the corresponding residue class.

The paper states that this conjecture is equivalent to the modulo-44 ribbon-knot rank conjecture. It would provide smooth sliceness obstructions and potentially detect elements of order 22 in the concordance group; the general assertion remains open.

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Nathan M. Dunfield, Sherry Gong, Thomas Hockenhull, Marco Marengon and Michael Willis, “On the rank of knot homology theories and concordance”, arXiv:2303.04233 (2023).

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