Braid positive surgery descriptions

2025/12/16 by Marc Kegel, Kegel, Marc, Paula Truöl +1
#57K10 #57R65 #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2512.14589

Abstract

In this short note, we prove that every closed, oriented, connected 3-manifold arises as Dehn surgery along a braid positive link.

Citations

• Braids: A Survey

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