Seifert matrices and boundary link cobordisms

Ko, Ki Hyoung

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1987-0869227-7

Seifert matrices and boundary link cobordisms
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Abstract:

To an $m$-component boundary link of odd dimension, a matrix is associated by taking the Seifert pairing on a Seifert surface of the link. An algebraic description of the set of boundary link cobordism classes of boundary links is obtained by using this matrix invariant.

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