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R1720claimStatus: reportedEvidence: SupportedReplay: source only

[#R1720] Current status and exact unresolved remainder

claim. OPEN as checked on 2026-08-01. Strongest checked neighboring result: Floer, Casson, hyperbolic, and computational methods settle broad knot classes, including all knots through substantial crossing ranges. Exact unresolved remainder: The universal statement for nontrivial knots in S³ remains open.

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1Summary

The problem was checked as open on 2026-08-01.

The strongest neighboring result found in the cited sources is: Floer, Casson, hyperbolic, and computational methods settle broad knot classes, including all knots through substantial crossing ranges.

Supported evidence. Replay readiness: source only.

2Evidence

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A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: doi.org ↗, S. Boyer and D. Lines, Surgery formulae for Casson's invariant and extensions to homology lens spaces, J. Reine Angew. Math. 405 (1990). cosmetic-surgery consequences

3Overview

The exact unresolved remainder is: The universal statement for nontrivial knots in S³ remains open.

A complete resolution must meet the following acceptance conditions: - Prove no nontrivial knot in S³ admits a purely cosmetic pair. - Or exhibit a nontrivial knot, distinct slopes, and an orientation-preserving homeomorphism of the surgeries.

4What was measured

As of
2026-08-01
Exact open remainder
The universal statement for nontrivial knots in S³ remains open.

5How it connects

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Evidenced by

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Recorded for

6Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

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7Provenance

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Project
purely-cosmetic-surgery-conjecture-release-300-source-review
Locator
S. Boyer and D. Lines, Surgery formulae for Casson's invariant and extensions to homology lens spaces, J. Reine Angew. Math. 405 (1990). cosmetic-surgery consequences
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB maintainers
Public record
R1720
Stable alias
purely-cosmetic-surgery-conjecture-claim-status-20260801
Projection
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