Greene–Owens cubiquity conjecture for double branched covers

Let LL be a non-split alternating link in S3S^3, let Σ(L)\Sigma(L) denote the double cover of S3S^3 branched along LL, and let Λ(L)\Lambda(L) be the positive definite lattice associated to LL.

Greene–Owens cubiquity conjecture. Σ(L)\Sigma(L) bounds a rational homology 44-ball if and only if Λ(L)\Lambda(L) is cubiquitous.

Greene–Owens proved the forward implication: if Σ(L)\Sigma(L) bounds a rational homology ball, then Λ(L)\Lambda(L) is cubiquitous. The conjecture asserts that cubiquity is also sufficient for the branched double cover to bound a rational homology 44-ball.

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Primary source

Erica Choi, Nur Saglam, Jonathan Simone, Katerina Stuopis and Hugo Zhou, “Cubiquitous Lattices and Branched Covers bounding rational balls”, arXiv:2405.00500 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2022–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2212.06248.

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