L-spaces, taut foliations, and graph manifolds

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Abstract

If Y is a closed orientable graph manifold, we show that Y admits a coorientable taut foliation if and only if Y is not an L-space. Combined with previous work of Boyer and Clay, this implies that Y is an L-space if and only if π 1(Y) is not left-orderable.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)604-612
Number of pages9
JournalCompositio Mathematica
Volume156
Issue number3
Early online dateJan 23 2020
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification
  • 57M27
  • graph manifold
  • L-space
  • Heegaard Floer
  • taut foliation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Algebra and Number Theory

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