Allen's unique minimal-point conjecture for torus knots

Let KK be a torus knot, and let γ4(K)\gamma_4(K) denote its smooth 4-genus. A realizable pair (e,h)(e,h) records the normal Euler number and first Betti number of a smooth surface in B4B^4 bounded by KK. Allen's unique minimal-point conjecture. Every torus knot has exactly one realizable pair of the form

(e,γ4(K)).(e,\gamma_4(K)).

Equivalently, all torus knots have a single realizable minimal point. The paper's abstract says that T(2,5)T(2,5) and T(2,9)T(2,9) bound smooth Möbius bands whose double branched covers are negative definite, giving counterexamples to Allen's Conjectures 1.6 and 1.8; this conjecture is identified in the source as Allen's Conjecture 1.8 and is therefore refuted.

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Kouki Sato, “Counterexamples to Allen's conjectures”, arXiv:2407.12049 (2024).

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