Geometric triangulations of a family of hyperbolic 3-braids (Q6065487)

By definition, a braid is hyperbolic if its closure is a hyperbolic knot or link (i.e., has hyperbolic complement in \(S^3\)). \textit{D. Futer} et al. [Int. Math. Res. Not. 2010, No. 23, 4434--4497 (2010; Zbl 1227.57023)] characterized the 3-braids (braids on 3 strands) which are hyperbolic. In the present paper, the author constructs geometric triangulations of a certain subfamily of these hyperbolic 3-braids; it turns out that the complements of the closures of these 3-braids are homeomorphic to the complements of the \((-2,3,n)\)-pretzel knots and links, with \(n \ge 7\). First, the author constructs topological triangulations into ideal tetrahedra of the complements of these links; then, employing the ``Casson-Rivin program'' as outlined by \textit{D. Futer} and \textit{F. Guéritaud} [Contemp. Math. 541, 159--182 (2011; Zbl 1236.57002)], she proves that the constructed topological triangulations are in fact geometric (i.e., by hyperbolic ideal tetrahedra of positive volume) (but they are not ``canonical''). As the author notes, currently the list of infinite families of finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds that have been shown to admit geometric triangulations is short: punctured torus and 4-punctured sphere bundles, 2-bridge knot and link complements, certain Dehn fillings of fully augmented 2-bridge knots and links, and now, by the present paper, \((-2,3,n)\)-pretzel knot and link complements.