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A slice knot is a knot $K\subset S^3=\partial B^4$ that bounds a smooth properly embedded slice disk in $B^4$. A doubly slice knot is a transverse equatorial cross-section of an unknotted smooth two-sphere in $S^4$.

The slice genus $g_4(K)$ is the minimum genus of a smooth compact connected oriented surface properly embedded in $B^4$ with boundary $K$. The double slice genus $g_{ds}(K)$ is the minimum genus of an unknotted closed connected oriented surface in $S^4$ whose transverse intersection with an equatorial $S^3$ is $K$. Thus slice and doubly slice mean respectively $g_4(K)=0$ and $g_{ds}(K)=0$.

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

Let $D\subset B^4$ be a slice disk for $K$. Its normal bundle is trivial. A small normal push-off $D^{\prime }$ is disjoint from $D$, and its boundary is the zero-framed Seifert longitude ${\nu }_K$. Hence the two-component link $K_{2,0}=K\cup {\nu }_K$ bounds the pair of disjoint disks $D\cup D^{\prime }$.

Orient $D^{\prime }$ oppositely to $D$. In the other hemisphere of $S^4$, join their boundary circles by the product annulus supplied by the zero framing. The unionis a two-sphere. More concretely, it is the rounded boundary of the three-ball $D\times [-\epsilon ,\epsilon ]$, so it is unknotted. Its equatorial intersection is $K\cup {\nu }_K$, and both link components lie on the same sphere. Thus $K_{2,0}$ is doubly slice as a colored link with the trivial coloring.

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.