Bounds on alternating surgery slopes

DOI10.2140/AGT.2017.17.2603zbMATH Open1421.57010OpenAlexW2620233453MaRDI QIDQ2409800FDOQ2409800

Authors Duncan McCoy 

Publication date 16 October 2017

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.0906

zbMATH Keywords

Dehn surgeryalternating knotsbranched double covers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12)

Abstract: We show that if $p/q$-surgery on a nontrivial knot $K$ yields the branched double cover of an alternating knot or link, then $|p/q|leq4g(K)+3$. This generalises a bound for lens space surgeries first established by Rasmussen. We also show that all surgery coefficients yielding the double branched cover of an alternating knot or link must be contained in an interval of width two and this full range can be realised only if $K$ is a cable knot. The work of Greene and Gibbons shows that if $S_{p/q}^3(K)$ bounds a sharp 4-manifold $X$, then the intersection form of $X$ takes the form of a changemaker lattice. We extend this to show that the intersection form is determined uniquely by the knot $K$, the slope $p/q$ and the Betti number $b_2(X)$.

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