Extending Van Cott's bounds for the τ-invariant of satellite knots

Abstract

We generalize C. Van Cott's results on the τ and s-invariants of cabled knots to apply to general satellite knots. This paper uses no Heegaard-Floer homology, relying on more geometric techniques.

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