Generalized Mazur Patterns and Immersed Heegaard Floer Homology

Generalizing prior work of Levine, we give infinitely many examples of pattern knots P such that P(K) is not slice in any rational homology 4-ball, for any companion knot K. To show this, we establish a closed formula for the concordance invariants τ and ε of a family of satellite knots obtained from generalized Mazur patterns. Our main computational tool is the immersed curve technique from bordered Heegaard Floer homology arising from the work of Chen-Hanselman.

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Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications
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2026-09-10
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https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218216526500586
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Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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Generalized Mazur Patterns and Immersed Heegaard Floer Homology

Zheheng Xiao, Jay Patwardhan
Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications
Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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Generalized Mazur Patterns and Immersed Heegaard Floer Homology

Zheheng Xiao, Jay Patwardhan
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Abstract

Generalizing prior work of Levine, we give infinitely many examples of pattern knots P such that P(K) is not slice in any rational homology 4-ball, for any companion knot K. To show this, we establish a closed formula for the concordance invariants τ and ε of a family of satellite knots obtained from generalized Mazur patterns. Our main computational tool is the immersed curve technique from bordered Heegaard Floer homology arising from the work of Chen-Hanselman.

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