Chainmail links, Dehn surgery number and 10/8
Abstract
Liu and Piccirillo developed a combinatorial argument that employs the 10/8-theorem to demonstrate that certain manifolds cannot be obtained via Dehn surgery on a knot. We extend their approach by creating additional examples using chainmail links.
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