arXiv:1406.6718 Abstract | arXiv Analytics

Published 2014-06-25, updated 2017-05-18Version 2

We study the question of when cyclic branched covers of knots admit taut foliations, have left-orderable fundamental group, and are not L-spaces.

Comments: Corrected error in statement and proof of Theorem 1.4 in previous arXiv and published versions. 34 pages, 13 figures, 2 tables

Categories: math.GT

Subjects: 57M05, 57M12, 57M25, 57M27, 06F15

Keywords: cyclic branched covers, left-orderability, knots admit taut foliations, left-orderable fundamental group

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