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Torus decomposition and foliation detected slopes

Geometric Topology 2025-05-08 v1

Abstract

Let M1M_1 and M2M_2 be knot manifolds and M=M1fM2M=M_1\cup_f M_2 be the closed 3-manifold obtained by gluing up M1M_1 and M2M_2 via f:M1M2f:\partial M_1\xrightarrow{\cong} \partial M_2. We show that if MM admits a co-oriented taut foliation, then ff identifies some CTF-detected rational boundary slopes of M1M_1 and M2M_2, affirming a conjecture proposed by Boyer, Gordon and Hu.

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@article{arxiv.2505.03928,
  title  = {Torus decomposition and foliation detected slopes},
  author = {Qingfeng Lyu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.03928},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

17 pages, 4 figures

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