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Band surgery is an operation relating pairs of knots or links in the three-sphere. We prove that if two quasi-alternating knots $K$ and $K'$ of the same square-free determinant are related by a band surgery, then the absolute value of the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-07-29 Allison H. Moore , Mariel Vazquez

This is a sequel to the authors' article [BKO](arXiv:1901.02239). We consider a hyperbolic knot $K$ in a closed 3-manifold $M$ and the cotangent bundle of its complement $M \setminus K$. We equip $M \setminus K$ with a hyperbolic metric $h$…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-12 Youngjin Bae , Seonhwa Kim , Yong-Geun Oh

We study Heegaard Floer homology and various related invariants (such as the $h$-function) for two-component L-space links with linking number zero. For such links, we explicitly describe the relationship between the $h$-function, the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-09-27 Eugene Gorsky , Beibei Liu , Allison H. Moore

Embedded contact knot homology (ECK) is a variation on Embedded contact homology (ECH), defined with respect to an open book decomposition compatible with a contact structure on some 3-manifold, M. The knot in question is given by the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-02-12 Thomas A. G. Brown

Let $Y_1$ be a closed, oriented 3-manifold and $\Sigma$ denote a non-separating closed, orientable surface in $Y_1$ which consists of two connected components of the same genus. By cutting $Y_1$ along $\Sigma$ and re-gluing it using an…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Neda Bagherifard

In math.DG/9903083 (henceforth referred to as EA) we defined an integer invariant $h(Y)$ for oriented integral homology 3-spheres $Y$ which only depends on the rational homology cobordism class of $Y$ and is additive under connected sums.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Kim Anders Froyshov

We prove a Smith-type inequality for regular covering spaces in monopole Floer homology. Using the monopole Floer / Heegaard Floer correspondence, we deduce that if a 3-manifold Y admits a p^n-sheeted regular cover that is a Z/pZ-L-space…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-11-08 Tye Lidman , Ciprian Manolescu

Let $\widehat{\mathcal{C}}_\mathbb{Z}$ be the group consists of manifold-knot pairs $(Y,K)$ modulo homology concordance, where $Y$ is an integer homology sphere bounding an integer homology ball, and let $\mathcal{C}_\mathbb{Z}$ be the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Hugo Zhou

We survey Ozsv\'ath-Szab\'o's bordered approach to knot Floer homology. After a quick introduction to knot Floer homology, we introduce the relevant algebraic concepts ($\mathcal{A}_\infty$-modules, type $D$-structures, box tensor, etc.),…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-01-10 Antonio Alfieri , Jackson Van Dyke

The Burau representation of braid groups and knot Floer homology share a link to the Fox calculus. We make this connection explicit, with the following outcome: if $B$ is the full Burau matrix of any braid, and $A$ is any square submatrix…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Joe Boninger

For any knot $K$ in $S^3$ and any positive rational $r$, we show that smooth $(-r)$-surgery on $K$ always admits a tight contact structure. More specifically, the tightness is detected by the non-vanishing Heegaard Floer contact invariant.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-09 Zhenkun Li , Shunyu Wan , Hugo Zhou

Extensive rewrite. Tables and proofs have been reformatted and/or rewritten for clarity.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Margaret I. Doig

We use bordered Floer homology to give a formula for the knot Floer homology of any (p, pn+1)-cable of a thin knot K in terms of Delta_K(t), tau(K), p, and n. We also give a formula for the Ozsvath-Szabo concordance invariant tau(K_{p,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-20 Ina Petkova

Given a torus bundle $Y$ over the circle and a cohomology class $[\omega]\in H^2(Y;\mathbb{Z})$ which evaluates nontrivially on the fiber, we compute the Heegaard Floer homology of $Y$ with twisted coefficients in the universal Novikov…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Yinghua Ai , Thomas Peters

We use Heegaard Floer homology to obtain bounds on unknotting numbers. This is a generalisation of Ozsvath and Szabo's obstruction to unknotting number one. We determine the unknotting numbers of 9_10, 9_13, 9_35, 9_38, 10_53, 10_101 and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Brendan Owens

The cosmetic surgery conjecture predicts that for a non-trivial knot in the three-sphere, performing two different Dehn surgeries results in distinct oriented three-manifolds. Hanselman reduced the problem to $\pm 2$ or $\pm 1/n$ surgeries…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-03-24 Aliakbar Daemi , Mike Miller Eismeier , Tye Lidman

We extend an approach of Beliakova for computing knot Floer homology and implement it in a publicly available computer program. We review the main programming and optimization methods used. Our program is then used to check that the Floer…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-03-18 Jean-Marie Droz

We use monopole Floer homology for sutured manifolds to construct invariants of Legendrian knots in a contact 3-manifold. These invariants assign to a knot K in Y elements of the monopole knot homology KHM(-Y,K), and they strongly resemble…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-10 Steven Sivek

In this paper, we give an algorithm to compute the hat version of the Heegaard Floer homology of a closed oriented three-manifold. This method also allows us to compute the filtrations coming from a null-homologous link in a three-manifold.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-09-11 Sucharit Sarkar , Jiajun Wang

By proving a connected sum formula for the Legendrian invariant $\lambda_+$ in knot Floer homology we exhibit infinitely many transversely non simple knots.

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Vera Vértesi