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arxiv: 1409.4851 · v2 · pith:JAZRNTUBnew · submitted 2014-09-17 · 🧮 math.GT

Infinitely many knots admitting the same integer surgery and a 4-dimensional extension

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We prove that for any integer $n$ there exist infinitely many different knots in $S^3$ such that $n$-surgery on those knots yields the same 3-manifold. In particular, when $|n|=1$ homology spheres arise from these surgeries. This answers Problem 3.6(D) on the Kirby problem list. We construct two families of examples, the first by a method of twisting along an annulus and the second by a generalization of this procedure. The latter family also solves a stronger version of Problem 3.6(D), that for any integer $n$, there exist infinitely many mutually distinct knots such that 2-handle addition along each with framing $n$ yields the same 4-manifold.

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