3 papers
math.GT2026
Spanning solids and Murasugi sum in dimension four
Homayun Karimi, Seungwon Kim, Thomas Kindred +2
We study various constructions of spanning solids for knotted surfaces in the 4-sphere. In particular, we consider a 4-dimensional analogue of Murasugi sum, which we use to define…
math.GT2026
Pants distances of knotted surfaces in 4-manifolds
Román Aranda, Sarah Blackwell, Devashi Gulati +4
We define a pants distance for knotted surfaces in 4-manifolds, which generalizes the complexity studied by Blair-Campisi-Taylor-Tomova for surfaces in the 4-sphere. We determine t…
math.GT2025
On knots that divide ribbon knotted surfaces
Hans U. Boden, Ceyhun Elmacioglu, Anshul Guha +4
We define a knot to be half ribbon if it is the cross-section of a ribbon 2-knot, and observe that ribbon implies half ribbon implies slice. We introduce the half ribbon genus of a…