Bounds on alternating surgery slopes

DOI10.2140/AGT.2017.17.2603zbMATH Open1421.57010arXiv1412.0906OpenAlexW2620233453MaRDI QIDQ2409800FDOQ2409800

Authors: Duncan McCoy 

Publication date: 16 October 2017

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

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 $b_2(X)$.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Dehn surgeryalternating knotsbranched double covers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• On eigenvalues of double branched covers
• Surgeries, sharp 4-manifolds and the Alexander polynomial
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• The realization problem for noninteger Seifert fibered surgeries
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