Modular cocycles and linking numbers (Q2627839)

Let \(\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})\) be the modular group. Then ``it is known that the 3-manifold \(\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})\backslash\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})\) is diffeomorphic to the complement of the trefoil knot in \(S^3\). \textit{É. Ghys} [in: Proceedings of the international congress of mathematicians (ICM), Madrid, Spain, August 22--30, 2006. Volume I: Plenary lectures and ceremonies. Zürich: European Mathematical Society (EMS). 247--277 (2007; Zbl 1125.37032)] showed that the linking number of this trefoil knot with a modular knot is given by the Rademacher symbol, which is a homogenization of the classical Dedekind symbol.'' ``In this paper we give a generalization of the Dedekind symbol associated to a fixed modular knot'', leading to calculation of the linking number. ``This symbol also arises in the transformation formula of a certain modular function. It can be computed in terms of a special value of a certain Dirichlet series and satisfies a reciprocity law. The homogenization of this symbol, which generalizes the Rademacher symbol, gives the linking number between two distinct symmetric links formed from modular knots.''