L-space surgeries, genus bounds, and the cabling conjecture

Details L-space surgeries, genus bounds, and the cabling conjecture L-space surgeries, genus bounds, and the cabling conjecture

2010-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/1009.1130v2

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Geometric Topology

13 pages, 3 figures

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We prove that if positive integer p-surgery along a knot K \subset S^3 produces an L-space and it bounds a sharp 4-manifold, then the knot genus obeys the bound 2g(K) -1 \leq p - \sqrt{3p+1}. Moreover, there exists an infinite family of pairs (K_n,p_n) attaining this bound, where K_n denotes an n-fold iterated cable of the unknot and p_n \to \infty. In particular, the stated bound applies when the knot surgery produces a lens space or a connected sum thereof. Combined with work of Gordon-Luecke, Hoffman, and Matignon-Sayari, it follows that if surgery along a knot produces a connected sum of lens spaces, then the knot is either a torus knot or a cable thereof, confirming the cabling conjecture in this case.

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