Conjectural classification of rational homology ball fillings of Seifert fibered spaces

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Let Y=Y(e0;r1,r2,…,rn)Y=Y(e_0;r_1,r_2,\ldots,r_n) be a Seifert fibered space that is also a rational homology sphere, and let ξ\xi be a contact structure on YY. Seifert filling classification conjecture. The pair (Y,ξ)(Y,\xi) admits a symplectic rational homology ball filling if and only if n≤4n\leq 4 and one of the following holds: (1) e0≤−2e_0\leq -2, YY is the link of a complex surface singularity whose resolution graph belongs to one of the finite families provided by Bhupal and Stipsicz, and ±ξ\pm\xi is the canonical contact structure; (2) e0=−1e_0=-1, YY is a small Seifert fibered space with complementary legs as in Theorem 1.6, and ξ\xi is one of the balanced contact structures described there; or (3) e0≥0e_0\geq 0, YY is a small Seifert fibered space with complementary legs as in the first part of Theorem 1.7, and ξ\xi is one of the four balanced contact structures described there. This conjecture proposes a general classification of Seifert fibered rational homology spheres admitting symplectic rational homology ball fillings, extending the cases established in the cited results and the paper's theorems.

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John B. Etnyre, Burak Ozbagci and Bülent Tosun, “Complementary legs and symplectic rational balls”, arXiv:2505.04513 (2026).

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