A non-torus positive 2-bridge knot does not admit chirally cosmetic surgeries
Abstract
We prove that a positive two-bridge knot other than the (2,k) torus knot does not admit chirally cosmetic surgeries, a pair of Dehn surgeries along distinct slopes yielding orientation-reversingly homeomorphic 3-manifolds.
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