Taut foliations in knot complements

  • Tao Li
  • , Rachel Roberts

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Abstract

We show that for any nontrivial knot in S3, there is an open interval containing zero such that a Dehn surgery on any slope in this interval yields a 3-manifold with taut foliations. This generalizes a theorem of Gabai on zero frame surgery.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)149-168
Number of pages20
JournalPacific Journal of Mathematics
Volume269
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Branched surface
  • Dehn surgery
  • Taut foliation

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