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arxiv: 1302.7011 · v1 · pith:4KQ25IF3new · submitted 2013-02-27 · 🧮 math.GT

Some knots in S¹ x S² with lens space surgeries

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keywords knotslensdoublylongitudinalprimitivespacesurgeryclassification
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We propose a classification of knots in S^1 x S^2 that admit a longitudinal surgery to a lens space. Any lens space obtainable by longitudinal surgery on some knots in S^1 x S^2 may be obtained from a Berge-Gabai knot in a Heegaard solid torus of S^1 x S^2, as observed by Rasmussen. We show that there are yet two other families of knots: those that lie on the fiber of a genus one fibered knot and the `sporadic' knots. All these knots in S^1 x S^2 are both doubly primitive and spherical braids. This classification arose from generalizing Berge's list of doubly primitive knots in S^3, though we also examine how one might develop it using Lisca's embeddings of the intersection lattices of rational homology balls bounded by lens spaces as a guide. We conjecture that our knots constitute a complete list of doubly primitive knots in S^1 x S^2 and reduce this conjecture to classifying the homology classes of knots in lens spaces admitting a longitudinal S^1 x S^2 surgery.

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