The solid-torus realization conjecture for lens space surgeries

Let S1×D2S^1\times D^2 be the solid torus and let S1×S2S^1\times S^2 be the product of the circle with the 2-sphere. An integer lens space surgery is integer surgery on a knot in S1×S2S^1\times S^2 producing a lens space; an integer S1×D2S^1\times D^2 surgery is integer surgery on a knot in the solid torus producing S1×D2S^1\times D^2. The solid-torus realization conjecture. If a knot in S1×S2S^1\times S^2 admits an integer lens space surgery, then it arises from a knot in S1×D2S^1\times D^2 with an integer S1×D2S^1\times D^2 surgery. This is an analogue of the Berge conjecture motivated by the relation between lens spaces bounding rational balls and surgeries on knots in the solid torus; its general validity remains open.

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Joshua Evan Greene, “The lens space realization problem”, arXiv:1010.6257 (2010).

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