Branched covers of quasi-positive links and L-spaces

DOI10.1112/TOPO.12092zbMATH Open1422.57012arXiv1710.07658OpenAlexW3098845558WikidataQ128265924 ScholiaQ128265924MaRDI QIDQ5229360FDOQ5229360

Authors: Michel Boileau, Steven Boyer, Cameron McA. Gordon 

Publication date: 14 August 2019

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

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.

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

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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)

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