A spherical CR structure on the complement of the figure eight knot with discrete holonomy (Q927627)

Let \(\Gamma\) be the fundamental group of a 3-manifold and let \(PU(2,1)\) be the group of the homogeneous model for spherical CR-geometry, that is \(\mathbb S^3 \in \mathbb C^2\) with the natural CR-structure induced from the complex structure of \(\mathbb C^2\). The present paper proposes a geometrical construction of representations of \(\Gamma\) into \(PU(2,1)\), by gluing appropriate tetrahedra adapted to CR-geometry. In particular, the author constructs (branched) spherical CR-structures on the complement of the figure eight knot and the Whitehead link; these structures are further proved to have discrete holonomies contained in \(PU(2,1, \mathbb Z[\omega])\) and \(PU(2,1, \mathbb Z[i])\), respectively.