English

Virtually Haken surgeries on once-punctured torus bundles

Geometric Topology 2016-09-07 v3

Abstract

We describe a class C\mathcal{C} of punctured torus bundles such that, for each MCM \in \mathcal{C}, all but finitely many Dehn fillings on MM are virtually Haken. We show that C\mathcal{C} contains infinitely many commensurability classes, and we give evidence that C\mathcal{C} includes representatives of ``most'' commensurability classes of punctured torus bundles. In particular, we define an integer-valued complexity function on monodromies ff (essentially the length of the LR-factorization of ff_* in PSL2(Z)PSL_2(\mathbb{Z})), and use a computer to show that if the monodromy of MM has complexity at most 5, then MM is finitely covered by an element of C\mathcal{C}. If the monodromy has complexity at most 12, then, with at most 36 exceptions, MM is finitely covered by an element of C\mathcal{C}. We also give a method for computing ``algebraic boundary slopes'' in certain finite covers of punctured torus bundles.

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@article{arxiv.math/0506443,
  title  = {Virtually Haken surgeries on once-punctured torus bundles},
  author = {Joseph D. Masters},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0506443},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Much expanded. Added applications of the method described in v. 2. Showed that many punctured torus bundles have the property that all but finitely many Dehn fillings are virtually Haken. For the precise sense of the word "many", see the revised abstract

R2 v1 2026-07-22T17:21:01.102Z