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The lens space realization problem

Geometric Topology 2010-11-01 v1

Abstract

We determine the lens spaces that arise by integer Dehn surgery along a knot in the three-sphere. Specifically, if surgery along a knot produces a lens space, then there exists an equivalent surgery along a Berge knot with the same knot Floer homology groups. This leads to sharp information about the genus of such a knot. The arguments rely on tools from Floer homology and lattice theory, and are primarily combinatorial in nature.

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@article{arxiv.1010.6257,
  title  = {The lens space realization problem},
  author = {Joshua Evan Greene},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.6257},
  year   = {2010}
}

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52 pages, 1 figure

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