Topologically slice knots that are not smoothly slice in any definite 4-manifold
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knotsslicedefinitemanifoldtopologicallyboundcannotconcordance
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We prove that there exist infinitely many topologically slice knots which cannot bound a smooth null-homologous disk in any definite 4-manifold. Furthermore, we show that we can take such knots so that they are linearly independent in the the knot concordance group.
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