The existence of TGS links in closed orientable 3-manifolds
The existence of TGS links in closed orientable 3-manifolds
Let be a closed orientable -manifold. A TGS link is a link embedded in a -manifold such that is hyperbolic and has at least one totally geodesic spanning surface. TGS-link existence conjecture. Every closed orientable -manifold contains at least one TGS link. This would show that totally geodesic spanning surfaces of knots and links occur broadly among closed orientable -manifolds; the supplied text gives motivation but does not report a proof or disproof.
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Benjamin Shapiro, “Totally Geodesic Spanning Surfaces of Knots and Links in 3-Manifolds”, arXiv:2402.04410 (2024).
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