Branched covers of quasi-positive links and L-spaces

DOI10.1112/TOPO.12092MaRDI QIDQ5229360zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Michel Boileau, Steven Boyer, Cameron McA. Gordon

Publication date 14 August 2019

Published in Journal of Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.07658

zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialgenusknotssignaturelinksbranched coverL-spacequasi-positive

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

Abstract: Let $L$ be a oriented link such that $Sigm{a}_n(L)$, the $n$-fold cyclic cover of $S^3$ branched over $L$, is an L-space for some $ngeq2$. We show that if either $L$ is a strongly quasipositive link other than one with Alexander polynomial a multiple of $(t-1{)}^{2g(L)+(|L|-1)}$, or $L$ is a quasipositive link other than one with Alexander polynomial divisible by $(t-1{)}^{2g_4(L)+(|L|-1)}$, then there is an integer $n(L)$, determined by the Alexander polynomial of $L$ in the first case and the Alexander polynomial of $L$ and the smooth $4$-genus of $L$, $g_4(L)$, in the second, such that $nleqn(L)$. If $K$ is a strongly quasipositive knot with monic Alexander polynomial such as an L-space knot, we show that $Sigm{a}_n(K)$ is not an L-space for $ngeq6$, and that the Alexander polynomial of $K$ is a non-trivial product of cyclotomic polynomials if $Sigm{a}_n(K)$ is an L-space for some $n=2,3,4,5$. Our results allow us to calculate the smooth and topological 4-ball genera of, for instance, quasi-alternating quasipositive links. They also allow us to classify strongly quasipositive alternating links and $3$-strand pretzel links.

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