A homological generalized Property R conjecture is false
Abstract
The generalized Property R conjecture (GPRC) predicts that if framed surgery on an -component link in produces , then is handleslide equivalent to an unlink, the obvious way to construct such a surgery. Many potential counterexamples to the GPRC are known, but obstructing handleslide equivalence is a tricky proposition. In this vein, we disprove a further generalization of the GPRC. It would be reasonable to expect that if an -component link in surgers to the connected sum of three-manifolds with the homology of , then this link should be handleslide equivalent to an -component split link, the obvious way to construct such a surgery. However, we prove that there are 2-component framed links in that surger to a connected sum of homology 's but that are not handleslide equivalent, or even weakly handleslide equivalent, to a split link.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.05664,
title = {A homological generalized Property R conjecture is false},
author = {Tye Lidman and Trevor Oliveira-Smith and Alexander Zupan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.05664},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
11 pages, 10 figures