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math.GT2026

Lens spaces that cannot be obtained by two integral surgeries

Marco Golla, Marc Kegel

In this article, we demonstrate that there exists an infinite family of lens spaces L(p,q) that cannot be obtained from the 3-sphere by two integral surgeries. The first such lens…

math.GT2026

Legendrian simple knots not detected by Khovanov homology

Chun-Sheng Hsueh, Marc Kegel, David Suchodoll +1

In this short note, we exhibit a Legendrian simple knot that is not detected by Khovanov homology. This disproves a conjecture of Chernov and Maguire.

math.GT2026

The Conway knot has infinite concordance order

Chiara Donatone, Marc Kegel, Lukas Lewark +1

We examine how the Rasmussen invariant, satellite operations, and null-homologous twists can be used to establish infinite order of knots in the smooth concordance group. As an app…

math.GT2026

The Unsolvability of the Homeomorphism Problem

Stefan Friedl, Tobias Hirsch, Marc Kegel

In this short expository note, we give a detailed proof of Markov's theorem on the unsolvability of the homeomorphism problem and of the existence of unrecognizable manifolds in al…

math.GT2025

Braid positive surgery diagrams

Marc Kegel, Paula Truöl

In this short note, we prove that every closed, oriented, connected 3-manifold arises as Dehn surgery along a braid positive link.

math.GT2024

Algorithms in 4-manifold topology

Stefan Bastl, Rhuaidi Burke, Rima Chatterjee +28

We show that there exists an algorithm that takes as input two closed, simply connected, topological 4-manifolds and decides whether or not these 4-manifolds are homeomorphic. In p…

math.GT2023★ 1 cited

On unknotting fibered positive knots and braids

Marc Kegel, Lukas Lewark, Naageswaran Manikandan +3

The unknotting number and the genus of braid positive knots are equal, as shown by Rudolph. We prove the stronger statement that any positive braid diagram of a genus k…