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Cabling Conjecture for Small Bridge Number

Geometric Topology 2015-07-07 v1

Abstract

Let kS3k\subset S^3 be a nontrivial knot. The Cabling Conjecture of Francisco Gonz\'alez-Acu\~na and Hamish Short posits that π\pi-Dehn surgery on kk produces a reducible manifold if and only if kk is a (p,q)(p,q)-cable knot and the surgery slope π\pi equals pqpq. We extend the work of James Allen Hoffman to prove the Cabling Conjecture for knots with bridge number up to 55.

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@article{arxiv.1507.01317,
  title  = {Cabling Conjecture for Small Bridge Number},
  author = {Colin Grove},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.01317},
  year   = {2015}
}

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22 pages, 20 figures

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