Conjecture on large four-genera of connected sums of non-torsion solvable knots

Let KK be an hh-solvable knot which is not torsion in the knot concordance group C \mathcal{C}. For each positive integer nn, let #nK\#^n K denote the connected \sum of nn copies of KK.

Large four-genus conjecture. The collection {#nK}\{\#^n K\} consists of hh-solvable knots and contains knots with arbitrarily large smooth four-genera g4g_4.

This conjecture strengthens the result established in the paper for h=2h=2, where 2-solvable knots with arbitrarily large four-genera are constructed. It predicts the same phenomenon for every hh-solvable knot that represents a non-torsion element of the knot concordance group.

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Jae Choon Cha, Allison N. Miller and Mark Powell, “Two-solvable and two-bipolar knots with large four-genera”, arXiv:1901.02060 (2020).

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