English

Dehn surgery on complicated fibered knots in the 3-sphere

Geometric Topology 2016-04-19 v1

Abstract

Let K be a fibered knot in the 3-sphere. We show that if the monodromy of K is sufficiently complicated, then Dehn surgery on K cannot yield a lens space. Work of Yi Ni shows that if K has a lens space surgery then it is fibered. Combining this with our result we see that if K has a lens space surgery then it is fibered and the monodromy is relatively simple.

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@article{arxiv.1604.04902,
  title  = {Dehn surgery on complicated fibered knots in the 3-sphere},
  author = {Abigail Thompson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.04902},
  year   = {2016}
}