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Links of rational singularities, L-spaces and LO fundamental groups

Geometric Topology 2015-10-27 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We prove that the link of a complex normal surface singularity is an L--space if and only if the singularity is rational. This via a recent result of Hanselman, J. Rasmussen, S. D. Rasmussen and Watson (proving the conjecture of Boyer, Gordon and Watson), shows that a singularity link is not rational if and only if its fundamental group is left-orderable if and only if it admits a coorientable taut foliation.

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@article{arxiv.1510.07128,
  title  = {Links of rational singularities, L-spaces and LO fundamental groups},
  author = {András Némethi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.07128},
  year   = {2015}
}