Dehn filling, volume, and the Jones polynomial (Q2481514)

Given a hyperbolic \(3\)-manifold with torus boundary, the change in volume under a Dehn filling is estimated. More precisely, let \(M\) be a complete, finite-volume hyperbolic \(3\)-manifold with cusps. Suppose that \(C_1,\dots,C_k\) are disjoint horoball neighborhoods of some subset of the cusps. Let \(s_1,\dots, s_k\) be slopes on \(\partial C_1,\dots,\partial C_k\), each with length greater than \(2\pi\). Denote the minimal slope length by \(\ell_{\min}\). If the manifold \(M(s_1,\dots,s_k)\) obtained by Dehn filling along those slopes satisfies the geometrization conjecture, then it is a hyperbolic \(3\)-manifold, and its volume is at least \((1-(\frac{2\pi}{\ell_{\min}})^2)^{3/2}\text{vol}(M)\). The sharpness of this estimate is also examined. Roughly speaking, it overestimates the change in volume by three times of the cusp density. However, this main result can be applied in many more cases than that of \textit{C. D. Hodgson} and \textit{S. P. Kerckhoff} [Ann. Math. (2) 162, No. 1, 367--421 (2005; Zbl 1087.57011)]. Applied to link complements, the estimates on their volumes are obtained from the combinatorial data of link diagrams. Let \(K\) be a link with a prime, twist-reduced diagram \(D(K)\). If \(D(K)\) has \(\text{tw}(D)\;(\geq 2)\) twist regions, and each region contains at least \(7\) crossings, then \(K\) is hyperbolic and \(0.70735(\text{tw}(D)-1)<\text{vol}(S^3-K)<10v_3(\text{tw}(D)-1)\), where \(v_3\approx 1.0149\) is the volume of a regular ideal tetrahedron. This upper bound is due to Agol and Thurston in the appendix of \textit{M. Lackenby} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., III. Ser. 88, No. 1, 204--224 (2004; Zbl 1041.57002)], and the lower bound is an improvement of \textit{J. S. Purcell} [Algebr. Geom. Topol. 7, 93--108 (2007; Zbl 1135.57005)]. Under a slightly stronger diagrammatic condition, the volume of a manifold \(N\) obtained by non-trivial Dehn filling on \(K\) is bounded as follows. Suppose that every twist region contains at least \(7\) crossings and each component of \(K\) passes through at least \(7\) twist regions (counted with multiplicity). Then \(N\) is hyperbolic, and \(0.62768(\text{tw}(D)-1)<\text{vol}(N)<10v_3(\text{tw}(D)-1)\). When \(K\) is a knot, a diagram with at least \(4\) twist regions and at least \(7\) crossings per region satisfies the assumption. Even for an arbitrary hyperbolic knot \(K\), it is proved that if \(N\) is a hyperbolic manifold obtained by \(p/q\)-Dehn surgery with \(| q| \geq 12\), then \(\text{vol}(N)>(1-\frac{127}{q^2})^{3/2}\text{vol}(S^3-K)\). An application to cyclic branched covers is also interesting. For a hyperbolic knot \(K\), let \(M_p\) denote the \(p\)-fold cyclic branched cover. If \(p\geq 4\), then \(M_p\) is hyperbolic. Moreover, if \(p\geq 7\), then \((1-\frac{4\pi^2}{p^2})^{3/2}\text{vol}(S^3-K)\leq \frac{\text{vol}(M_p)}{p}<\text{vol}(S^3-K)\). Finally, the volumes of adequate links are bounded in terms of the coefficients of their Jones polynomials. That is a generalization of the results by \textit{O. T. Dasbach} and \textit{X.-S. Lin} [Pac. J. Math. 231, No. 2, 279--291 (2007)] and \textit{M. Lackenby} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., III. Ser. 88, No. 1, 204--224 (2004; Zbl 1041.57002)] for alternating links.