Abstract
Using work of Ozsváth and Szabó, we show that if a nontrivial knot in S3 admits a lens space surgery with slope p, then p ≤ 4g + 3, where g is the genus of the knot. This is a close approximation to a bound conjectured by Goda and Teragaito.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1013-1031 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Geometry and Topology |
| Volume | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Heegaard floer homology
- Lens space surgery
- Seifert genus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geometry and Topology
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