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In the present paper, we will show that a $(p,q,r)$-pretzel knot has the representativity 3 if and only if $(p,q,r)$ is either $\pm(-2,3,3)$ or $\pm(-2,3,5)$. We also show that a large algebraic knot has the representativity less than or…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-11-17 Makoto Ozawa

Let $K\subset S^3$ be a hyperbolic fibered knot such that $S^3_{p/q}(K)$, the $\frac pq$--surgery on $K$, is non-hyperbolic. We prove that if the monodromy of $K$ is right-veering, then $0\le\frac pq\le 4g(K)$. The upper bound $4g(K)$…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-02-10 Yi Ni

We give a diagrammatic characterization of the $(1,1)$ knots in the three-sphere and lens spaces which admit large Dehn surgeries to manifolds with Heegaard Floer homology of next-to-minimal rank. This is inspired by a corresponding result…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Fraser Binns , Hugo Zhou

It is conjectured that, on a non-trivial knot in the 3-sphere, no pair of Dehn surgeries along distinct slopes are purely cosmetic, that is, none of them yield 3-manifolds those are orientation-preservingly homeomorphic. In this paper, we…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-06-07 Kazuhiro Ichihara , In Dae Jong

This paper gives a new way of characterizing L-space $3$-manifolds by using orderability of quandles. Hence, this answers a question of Adam Clay et al. [Question 1.1 of Canad. Math. Bull. 59 (2016), no. 3, 472-482]. We also investigate…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Idrissa Ba , Mohamed Elhamdadi

In this article we classify the left braces of order $p^2q$ where $p,q$ are primes fulfilling $q > p+1$. This classification includes a proof of three conjectures of Guarnieri and Vendramin (\cite[Conjectures 6.2-6.4]{Vendramin_skew})…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Carsten Dietzel

A knot k in a closed orientable 3-manifold is called nonsimple if the exterior of k possesses a properly embedded essential surface of nonnegative Euler characteristic. We show that if k is a nonsimple prime tunnel number one knot in a lens…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-08-13 Michael J. Williams

We compute the Heegaard Floer homology of an oriented 3-manifold obtained by a negative rational surgery along an arbitrary algebraic knot.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Andras Nemethi

Let $K$ be a tunnel number one knot in $M$ with irreducible knot exterior, where $M$ is either $S^3$, or a connected sum of $S^2\times S^1$ with any lens space. (In particular, this includes $M = S^2\times S^1$.) We prove that if a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Tao Li , Yoav Moriah , Tali Pinsky

We discuss various constraints for knots in $S^{3}$ to admit chirally cosmetic surgeries, derived from invariants of 3-manifolds, such as, the quantum $SO(3)$-invariant, the rank of the Heegaard Floer homology, and finite type invariants.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-03-08 Kazuhiro Ichihara , Tetsuya Ito , Toshio Saito

We give a complete classification of toroidal Seifert fibered surgeries on alternating knots. Precisely, we show that if an alternating knot admits a toroidal Seifert fibered surgery, then the knot is either the trefoil knot and the surgery…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-03-12 Kazuhiro Ichihara , In Dae Jong

We provide infinitely many rational homology 3-spheres with weight-one fundamental groups which do not arise from Dehn surgery on knots in $S^3$. In contrast with previously known examples, our proofs do not require any gauge theory or…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-03-11 Steven Sivek , Raphael Zentner

The cosmetic crossing conjecture (also known as the "nugatory crossing conjecture") asserts that the only crossing changes that preserve the oriented isotopy class of a knot in the 3-sphere are nugatory. We use the Dehn surgery…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-07-03 Tye Lidman , Allison H. Moore

We show that for a surface $S$ with positive genus and one boundary component, the mapping class of a Dehn twist along a curve parallel to the boundary is cofinal in every left ordering of the mapping class group $\operatorname{Mod}(S)$. We…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-08-21 Adam Clay , Tyrone Ghaswala

In this short note, we prove that every closed, oriented, connected 3-manifold arises as Dehn surgery along a braid positive link.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Marc Kegel , Paula Truöl

We study irreducible ${\rm SL}_2$-representations of twist knots. We first determine all non-acyclic ${\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{C})$-representations, which turn out to lie on a line denoted as $x=y$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$. Our main tools are character…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-02-08 Ryoto Tange , Anh T. Tran , Jun Ueki

For a fixed p, there are only finitely many elliptic 3-manifolds given by p/q-surgery on a knot in S^3. We prove this result by using the Heegaard Floer correction terms (d-invariants) to obstruct elliptic manifolds from arising as knot…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-02-26 Margaret I. Doig

A surgery on a knot in 3-sphere is called SU(2)-cyclic if it gives a manifold whose fundamental group has no non-cyclic SU(2) representations. Using holonomy perturbations on the Chern-Simons functional, we prove that the distance of two…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-07-03 Jianfeng Lin

By examining the homology groups of a 4-manifold associated to an integral surgery on a knot $K$ in a rational homology 3-sphere $Y$ yielding a rational homology 3-sphere $Y^*$ with surgery dual knot $K^*$, we show that the subgroups…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-01-03 Jacob Caudell

A slope $p/q$ is a characterizing slope for a knot $K$ in $S^3$ if the oriented homeomorphism type of $p/q$-surgery on $K$ determines $K$ uniquely. We show that for each torus knot its set of characterizing slopes contains all but finitely…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-10-12 Duncan McCoy