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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

R2 v1 2026-07-01T08:27:40.847Z