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Distance one surgeries on the lens space $L(n,1)$

Geometric Topology 2025-04-07 v3

Abstract

In this paper, we show that the lens space L(s,1)L(s,1) for s0s \neq 0 is obtained by a distance one surgery along a knot in the lens space L(n,1)L(n,1) with n5n \geq 5 odd only if nn and ss satisfy one of the following cases: (1) n5n \geq 5 is any odd integer and s=±1,n,n±1s=\pm 1, n, n \pm 1 or n±4n \pm 4; (2) n=5n=5 and s=5s=-5; (3) n=5n=5 and s=9s=-9; (4) n=9n=9 and s=5s=-5. As a corollary, we prove that the torus link T(2,s)T(2,s) for s0s \neq 0 is obtained by a band surgery from T(2,n)T(2,n) with n5n \geq 5 odd only if nn and ss are as listed above. Combined with the result of Lidman, Moore and Vazquez, it immediately follows that the only nontrivial torus knot T(2,n)T(2,n) admitting chirally cosmetic banding is T(2,5)T(2,5). The key ingredient of our proof is the Heegaard Floer mapping cone formula.

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@article{arxiv.2108.06199,
  title  = {Distance one surgeries on the lens space $L(n,1)$},
  author = {Jingling Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.06199},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

We have improved the techniques presented in this paper and extended the results to L(n,1) for all integers n, as detailed in the new paper arXiv:2504.02325. Additionally, we have corrected an error regarding the chirally cosmetic banding of the torus knot T(2,9) in the new paper