The Three Fibers Conjecture for Seifert fibered homology spheres

A Seifert fibered homology sphere is a Seifert fibered 33-manifold that is an integral homology sphere. A homology ball is a smooth 44-manifold with the same integral homology as the 44-ball.

Three Fibers Conjecture. A Seifert fibered homology sphere with more than three singular fibers cannot bound a homology ball.

This conjecture concerns the unresolved classification of Seifert fibered homology spheres that bound smooth homology balls. It was first indicated by Fintushel and Stern and explicitly stated by Kollár; the supplied source does not indicate that it has been resolved.

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Oguz Savk, “Classical and new plumbed homology spheres bounding contractible manifolds and homology balls”, arXiv:2012.12587 (2024).

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