English

On manifolds with multiple lens space filings

Geometric Topology 2013-08-26 v1

Abstract

An irreducible 3--manifold with torus boundary either is a Seifert fibered space or admits at most three lens space fillings according to the Cyclic Surgery Theorem. We examine the sharpness of this theorem by classifying the non-hyperbolic manifolds with more than one lens space filling, classifying the hyperbolic manifolds obtained by filling of the Minimally Twisted 5 Chain complement that have three lens space fillings, showing that the doubly primitive knots in S3S^3 and S1×S2S^1 \times S^2 have no unexpected extra lens space surgery, and showing that the Figure Eight Knot Sister Manifold is the only non-Seifert fibered manifold with a properly embedded essential once-punctured torus and three lens space fillings.

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@article{arxiv.1308.5002,
  title  = {On manifolds with multiple lens space filings},
  author = {Kenneth L. Baker and Brandy Guntel Doleshal and Neil Hoffman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.5002},
  year   = {2013}
}

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30 pages, 13 figures

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