Classification of Lattices Bounded by Large Surgeries of Knots

Abstract

We classify all the lattices realized as the intersection form of a positive definite four manifold with boundary $S_n^3(K)$ for a knot $K$ in the three sphere and a positive integer $n$ greater than $4g_4(K)+3$. We then use this result to define a concordance invariant and generalize a theorem of Rasmussen on lens space surgeries.