The topological analogue of the Slice-Ribbon Conjecture

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A knot KK is topologically slice if it bounds a topological slice disk Δ\Delta in B4B^4. It is topologically homotopy ribbon if it bounds such a disk for which the inclusion-induced map

π1(MK)π1(B4ν(Δ))\pi_1(M_K)\to\pi_1(B^4\setminus\nu(\Delta))

is surjective, where MKM_K is the zero-surgery manifold of KK. Topological homotopy-ribbon conjecture. Every topologically slice knot is topologically homotopy ribbon. Every ribbon knot is homotopy ribbon, but the stated topological converse remains open.

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Primary source

Alex Manchester, “Action of the Mazur pattern up to topological concordance”, arXiv:2212.13640 (2024).

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