Lens space surgeries and a conjecture of Goda and Teragaito (Q1882840)
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Lens space surgeries and a conjecture of Goda and Teragaito (English)
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1 October 2004
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Let \(K_r\) denote the 3-manifold obtained from the knot \(K\) in \(S^3\) by surgery on \(K\) with slope \(r\). Suppose \(K_r\) is a lens space, then the author shows \(| r| \leq 4g(K)+3\), where \(g(K)\) is the genus of \(K\).
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Lens space
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Dehn surgery
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Seifert genus
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Heegard Floer homology
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spin structure
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Casson invariant
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