English

Tunnel number one knots satisfy the Berge Conjecture

Geometric Topology 2025-10-01 v7

Abstract

Let KK be a tunnel number one knot in MM with irreducible knot exterior, where MM is either S3S^3, or a connected sum of S2×S1S^2\times S^1 with any lens space. (In particular, this includes M=S2×S1M = S^2\times S^1.) We prove that if a non-trivial Dehn surgery on KK yields a lens space, then KK is a doubly primitive knot in MM. For M=S3M = S^3 this resolves the tunnel number one Berge Conjecture. For M=S2×S1M = S^2\times S^1 this resolves a conjecture of Greene and Baker-Buck-Lecuona for tunnel number one knots.

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@article{arxiv.1701.01421,
  title  = {Tunnel number one knots satisfy the Berge Conjecture},
  author = {Tao Li and Yoav Moriah and Tali Pinsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.01421},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

72 pages, 38 figures. Geometry & Topology, to appear