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The physical 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ theory T[Y] was previously used to predict the existence of some 3-manifold invariants $\hat{Z}_{a}(q)$ that take the form of power series with integer coefficients, converging in the unit disk. Their radial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-07-01 Sergei Gukov , Ciprian Manolescu

We prove that for any non-trivial knot K, infinitely many r-surgeries K(r) along K have a unique surgery description along a knot. Moreover, we show that for any hyperbolic L-space knot K and infinitely many integer slopes n, the manifold…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Marc Kegel , Misha Schmalian

Twisting a knot $K$ in $S^3$ along a disjoint unknot $c$ produces a twist family of knots $\{K_n\}$ indexed by the integers. Comparing the behaviors of the Seifert genus $g(K_n)$ and the slice genus $g_4(K_n)$ under twistings, we prove that…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-07-03 Kenneth L. Baker , Kimihiko Motegi

We show that a closed orientable 3-manifold M admits an action of Z_p with fixed point set S^1 iff M can be obtained as the result of surgery on a p-periodic framed link L and Z_p acts freely on the components of L. We prove a similar…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-10-31 Jozef H. Przytycki , Maxim V. Sokolov

Suppose that a hyperbolic knot in $S^3$ admits a finite surgery, Boyer and Zhang proved that the surgery slope must be either integral or half-integral, and they conjectured that the latter case does not happen. Using the correction terms…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-10-07 Eileen Li , Yi Ni

We show that a null-homologous transverse knot K in the complement of an overtwisted disk in a contact 3-manifold is the boundary of a Legendrian ribbon if and only if it possesses a Seifert surface S such that the self-linking number of K…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-08-09 S. Baader , K. Cieliebak , T. Vogel

Let $K$ be a non-trivial knot in $S^3$, and let $r$ and $r'$ be two distinct rational numbers of same sign, allowing $r$ to be infinite; we prove that there is no orientation-preserving homeomorphism between the manifolds $S^3_r(K)$ and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Zhongtao Wu

A knot is called an L-space knot if it admits a positive Dehn surgery yielding an L-space. In the SnapPy census, there are exactly 9 asymmetric L-space knots. Among them, the knot t12533 is the only known example of braid index 4. We…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Kenneth L. Baker , Masakazu Teragaito

Let M be $S^3$, $S^1\times S^2$, or a lens space L(p,q), and let k be a (1,1)-knot in M, i.e., a knot which is of 1-bridge with respect to a Heegaard torus. We show that if there is a closed meridionally incompressible surface in the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Mario Eudave-Munoz

We establish surgery formulas for filtration of the Heegaard Floer homology associated with p/q surgery on a null-homologous knot K in a three-manifold Y, induced by K_{p/q}. Here K_{p/q} is the core of the attached solid torus (which…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Eaman Eftekhary

We determine the Dehn surgeries on 2-bridge links, which yield reducible 3-manifolds. Further, we show the conditions that we obtain a torus or cable knot from one component of a 2-bridge link by a surgery on another component.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hiroshi Goda , Chuichiro Hayashi , Hyun-Jong Song

We define a knot to be $\gamma_0$-sharp if its Seifert genus is detected by the concordance invariant $\gamma_0$, which arises from the immersed curve formalism in bordered Heegaard Floer homology. We show that a connected sum of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Jennifer Hom , JungHwan Park

Let $T$ be a satellite knot, link, or spatial graph in a 3-manifold $M$ that is either $S^3$ or a lens space. Let $\mathfrak{b}_0$ and $\mathfrak{b}_1$ denote genus 0 and genus 1 bridge number, respectively. Suppose that $T$ has a companion…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-07-18 Scott A. Taylor , Maggy Tomova

We define a "reduced" version of the knot Floer complex $CFK^-(K)$, and show that it behaves well under connected sums and retains enough information to compute Heegaard Floer $d$-invariants of manifolds arising as surgeries on the knot…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-09-04 David Krcatovich

We use the LMO invariant to find constraints for a knot to admit a purely or reflectively cosmetic surgery. We also get a constraint for knots to admit a Lens space surgery, and some information for characterizing slopes.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-10-26 Tetsuya Ito

Using Hirasawa-Murasugi's classification of fibered Montesinos knots we classify the L-space Montesinos knots, providing further evidence towards a conjecture of Lidman-Moore that L-space knots have no essential Conway spheres. In the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-05-01 Kenneth L. Baker , Allison H. Moore

We give a formula of the Upsilon invariant of any L-space cable knot $K_{p,q}$ using $p,\Upsilon_K$ and $\Upsilon_{T_{p,q}}$. The integral value of the Upsilon invariant gives a ${\mathbb Q}$-valued knot concordance invariant. We compute…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Motoo Tange

Ribbon concordances between knots generalize the notion of ribbon knots. Agol, building on work of Gordon, proved ribbon concordance gives a partial order on knots in $S^3$. In previous work, the author and Greene conjectured that positive…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Joe Boninger

We determine the relationship between the contact structure induced by a fibered knot, K, in the three-sphere and the contact structures induced by its various cables. Understanding this relationship allows us to classify fibered cable…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-04-29 Matthew Hedden

This paper presents evidence supporting the surprising conjecture that in the topological category the slice genus of a satellite knot $P(K)$ is bounded above by the sum of the slice genera of $K$ and $P(U)$. Our main result establishes…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Peter Feller , Allison N. Miller , Juanita Pinzon-Caicedo