Universal interval conjecture for taut foliations in knot complements

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Let kk be a nontrivial knot in S3S^3, and let M=S3∖int⁡(N(k))M=S^3\setminus\operatorname{int}(N(k)) be its exterior. For slopes s∈(−a,b)s\in(-a,b), require that MM have a taut foliation whose restriction to ∂M\partial M is a collection of circles of slope ss, and that attaching disks along those boundary circles extends the foliation to a taut foliation in the Dehn filling M(s)M(s). Universal interval conjecture. The maximal interval (−a,b)(-a,b) with this property always contains (−1,1)(-1,1).

The question asks for the maximal interval associated to each nontrivial knot. The source states the containment as a conjectural claim and gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

Tao Li and Rachel Roberts, “Taut foliations in knot complements”, arXiv:1211.3066 (2013).

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