The Golden Chain The Golden Chain The "Golden Chain" is a list of names that was seized in March 2002 in a raid by Bosnian police of the premises of the Benevolence International Foundation in Sarajevo. The Golden Chain has been interpreted by some as a list of purported sponsors of Al-Qaeda. The list includes at least 20 top Saudi and Gulf States financial sponsors including bankers, businessmen, and former ministers. Part of the list includes a computer file titled "Tarekh Osama" or "Osama History", but the appellation "Golden Chain" itself is due to al Qaeda defector Jamal al-Fadl, who vouched for its
Slice genus Slice genus In mathematics, the slice genus of a smooth knot "K" in "S" (sometimes called its Murasugi genus or 4-ball genus) is the least integer g such that "K" is the boundary of a connected, orientable 2-manifold "S" of genus "g" properly embedded in the 4-ball "D" bounded by "S". More precisely, if "S" is required to be smoothly embedded, then this integer "g" is the "smooth slice genus" of "K" and is often denoted g("K") or g("K"), whereas if "S" is required only to be topologically locally flatly embedded then "g" is the "topologically locally flat slice genus"