Braid positive surgery diagrams
Geometric Topology
2026-05-06 v3
Abstract
In this short note, we prove that every closed, oriented, connected 3-manifold arises as Dehn surgery along a braid positive link.
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@article{arxiv.2512.14589,
title = {Braid positive surgery diagrams},
author = {Marc Kegel and Paula Truöl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.14589},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
7 pages, 4 figures, comments welcome! V3: Changed title to `... diagrams'. Accepted for publication in Glasg. Math. J