L-spaces, taut foliations and fibred hyperbolictwo-bridge links

We prove that if M is a rational homology sphere that is Dehn surgery on a fibred hyperbolic two-bridge link, then M is not an L-space if and only if M supports a co-orientable taut foliation.As a corollary we show that if K 0 is obtained by a nontrivial knot K as a result of an operation called two-bridge replacement, then all nonmeridional surgeries on K 0 support co-orientable taut foliations.This operation generalises Whitehead doubling and as a particular case we deduce that all nonmeridional surgeries on Whitehead doubles of a nontrivial knot support co-orientable taut foliations.

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Algebraic & Geometric Topology
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2026-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2026.26.1115
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Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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L-spaces, taut foliations and fibred hyperbolictwo-bridge links

Diego Santoro
Algebraic & Geometric Topology
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L-spaces, taut foliations and fibred hyperbolictwo-bridge links

Diego Santoro
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Abstract

We prove that if M is a rational homology sphere that is Dehn surgery on a fibred hyperbolic two-bridge link, then M is not an L-space if and only if M supports a co-orientable taut foliation.As a corollary we show that if K 0 is obtained by a nontrivial knot K as a result of an operation called two-bridge replacement, then all nonmeridional surgeries on K 0 support co-orientable taut foliations.This operation generalises Whitehead doubling and as a particular case we deduce that all nonmeridional surgeries on Whitehead doubles of a nontrivial knot support co-orientable taut foliations.

Algebraic & Geometric TopologyVol. 26(3)
University of Vienna (AT)
Austrian Science Fund
Openalex Percentile: Top 3%
Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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