Hanselman's generalized splicing conjecture for L-spaces

Let K1K_1 and K2K_2 be knots in S3S^3, and let Mi=S3ν(Ki)M_i=S^3\smallsetminus\nu(K_i) for i=1,2i=1,2. Let hh identify the torus boundaries of M1M_1 and M2M_2, and let LMi\mathcal{L}^\circ_{M_i} denote the relevant interiors of their L-space slope sets. A generalized splice is the manifold M1hM2M_1\cup_hM_2 obtained by this identification. Generalized splicing conjecture. The generalized splice M1hM2M_1\cup_hM_2 is an L-space if and only if, for every slope γ\gamma, either γLM1\gamma\in\mathcal{L}^\circ_{M_1} or h(γ)LM2h(\gamma)\in\mathcal{L}^\circ_{M_2}. The conjecture is settled when both knots are L-space knots by the results discussed immediately afterward, but remains open in the general case.

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Jonathan Hanselman and Liam Watson, “A calculus for bordered Floer homology”, arXiv:1508.05445 (2015).

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