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A note on Jones polynomial and cosmetic surgery

Geometric Topology 2016-06-13 v1

Abstract

We show that two Dehn surgeries on a knot KK never yield manifolds that are homeomorphic as oriented manifolds if VK(1)0V_K''(1)\neq 0 or VK(1)0V_K'''(1)\neq 0. As an application, we verify the cosmetic surgery conjecture for all knots with no more than 1111 crossings except for three 1010-crossing knots and five 1111-crossing knots. We also compute the finite type invariant of order 33 for two-bridge knots and Whitehead doubles, from which we prove several nonexistence results of purely cosmetic surgery.

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@article{arxiv.1606.03372,
  title  = {A note on Jones polynomial and cosmetic surgery},
  author = {Kazuhiro Ichihara and Zhongtao Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.03372},
  year   = {2016}
}

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13 pages, 4 figures

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