On the signature of a positive braid

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Main Authors: Greene, Joshua Evan, Liechti, Livio
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Published: 2023
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author Greene, Joshua Evan
Liechti, Livio
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Liechti, Livio
contents We show that the signature of a positive braid link is bounded from below by one-quarter of its first Betti number. This equates to one-half of the optimal bound conjectured by Feller, who previously provided a bound of one-eighth.
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spellingShingle On the signature of a positive braid
Greene, Joshua Evan
Liechti, Livio
Geometric Topology
57K10
We show that the signature of a positive braid link is bounded from below by one-quarter of its first Betti number. This equates to one-half of the optimal bound conjectured by Feller, who previously provided a bound of one-eighth.
title On the signature of a positive braid
topic Geometric Topology
57K10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.02275