Dehn surgery, the fundamental group and SU(2)

DOI10.4310/MRL.2004.V11.N6.A3zbMATH Open1084.57006arXivmath/0312322MaRDI QIDQ1769985FDOQ1769985

Publication date: 5 April 2005

Published in: Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let K be a non-trivial knot in the 3-sphere and let Y(r) be the 3-manifold obtained by surgery on K with surgery-coefficient a rational number r. We show that there is a homomorphism from the fundamental group of Y(r) to SU(2) with non-cyclic image if r is less than or equal to 2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0312322

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zbMATH Keywords

Dehn surgery fundamental group property P

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57)

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