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On left-orderability and double branched covers of Kanenobu's knots

Geometric Topology 2015-06-09 v3 Group Theory

Abstract

We show that the fundamental group of the double branched cover of an infinite family of homologically thin, non-quasi-alternating knots is not left-orderable, giving further support for a conjecture of Boyer, Gordon, and Watson that an irreducible rational homology 3-sphere is an L-space if and only if its fundamental group is not left-orderable.

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@article{arxiv.1310.1877,
  title  = {On left-orderability and double branched covers of Kanenobu's knots},
  author = {Fabian Doria Medina and Michael Jackson and Joaquín Ruales and Hadas Zeilberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.1877},
  year   = {2015}
}

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39 pages, 1 figure, 10 tables