Purely cosmetic surgeries and Casson--Walker--Lescop invariants

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Main Authors: Ichihara, Kazuhiro, Jong, In Dae, Tsutsumi, Yasuyoshi
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Published: 2026
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author Ichihara, Kazuhiro
Jong, In Dae
Tsutsumi, Yasuyoshi
author_facet Ichihara, Kazuhiro
Jong, In Dae
Tsutsumi, Yasuyoshi
contents Using the rational surgery formula for the Casson--Walker--Lescop invariant of links in the $3$-sphere, we show that any null-homologous knot in a rational homology sphere admits at most two pairs of integral purely cosmetic surgeries. We also present constraints for null-homologous knots in certain $3$-manifolds with the first Betti number one or two to admit purely cosmetic surgeries. As another application, we show that, for a null-homologous knot in some $3$-manifolds, including $S^2 \times S^1$, there are at most two knots which are inequivalent to the given one, but whose exteriors are orientation-preservingly homeomorphic to that of the given one.
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spellingShingle Purely cosmetic surgeries and Casson--Walker--Lescop invariants
Ichihara, Kazuhiro
Jong, In Dae
Tsutsumi, Yasuyoshi
Geometric Topology
Primary 57K31, Secondary 57K10
Using the rational surgery formula for the Casson--Walker--Lescop invariant of links in the $3$-sphere, we show that any null-homologous knot in a rational homology sphere admits at most two pairs of integral purely cosmetic surgeries. We also present constraints for null-homologous knots in certain $3$-manifolds with the first Betti number one or two to admit purely cosmetic surgeries. As another application, we show that, for a null-homologous knot in some $3$-manifolds, including $S^2 \times S^1$, there are at most two knots which are inequivalent to the given one, but whose exteriors are orientation-preservingly homeomorphic to that of the given one.
title Purely cosmetic surgeries and Casson--Walker--Lescop invariants
topic Geometric Topology
Primary 57K31, Secondary 57K10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11720