Knots that share four surgeries
Geometric Topology
2025-06-05 v2 Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
Distinct knots K, K' can sometimes share a common p/q-framed Dehn surgery. A folk conjecture held that for a fixed pair of knots, this can occur for at most one value of p/q. We disprove this conjecture by constructing pairs of distinct knots K,K' that have common Dehn surgeries for four distinct slopes. We also construct non-isotopic Legendrian knots K,K' that have contactomorphic contact (+1)-and (-1)-surgeries, disproving an analogous conjecture in contact geometry.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2505.13168,
title = {Knots that share four surgeries},
author = {Marc Kegel and Lisa Piccirillo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.13168},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
22 pages, 18 figures, 1 table; V2: Added supporting code and data to the arXiv