A note on L-spaces which are double branched covers of non-quasi-alternating links (Q2405071)

Quasi-alternating knots and links were introduced by \textit{P. Ozsváth} and \textit{Z. Szabó} [Adv. Math. 194, No. 1, 1--33 (2005; Zbl 1076.57013)] in their Heegaard Floer homology theory, and they are now recognized as one of the important classes of knots. Such links are homologically thin, but the converse statement is known to be false by \textit{J. Greene} [Math. Res. Lett. 17, No. 1, 39--49 (2010; Zbl 1232.57008)]. The simplest example is the non-alternating Montesinos knot \(11_{n50}\) in the knot table, which is a Kanenobu knot. In fact, Greene gives an infinite family of homologically thin, non-quasi-alternating links \(L_{m,n}\). These links are Montesinos links with three tangles. Let \(X_{m,n}\) be the double branched cover of the \(3\)-sphere over the link \(L_{m,n}\), which is a small Seifert fibered space. The purpose of the paper under review is to show that this double cover \(X_{m,n}\) is an \(L\)-space for any \(n>m\geq 2\) and that \(X_{m,n}\) cannot be obtained as a double branched cover of another link. The first part follows from the criterion for Seifert fibered spaces to be \(L\)-spaces in terms of Seifert invariants. The proof of the second part occupies most of the paper.