The Boyer–Gordon–Watson–Juhász LL-space conjecture

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Let YY be an irreducible rational homology sphere. A three-manifold is an LL-space when its Heegaard Floer module is free, and a group is left-orderable when it admits an ordering << such that

a<bga<gb.a<b\quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad ga<gb.

The LL-space conjecture. The following statements are equivalent:

  1. YY is an LL-space, that is, HF(Y)\operatorname{HF}^-(Y) is free.
  2. YY does not support a taut foliation.
  3. π1(Y)\pi_1(Y) has no left-ordering.

This conjecture relates the Heegaard Floer module of a rational homology sphere to taut foliations and the orderability of its fundamental group. It is known for graph manifolds and several other families, but remains open in general.

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Primary source

Antonio Alfieri and Fraser Binns, “Is the geography of Heegaard Floer homology restricted or the L-space conjecture false?”, arXiv:2404.00490 (2024).

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