On the Hikami-Inoue conjecture

DOI10.2140/AGT.2020.20.279MaRDI QIDQ1985993zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jinseok Cho, Seokbeom Yoon, Christian K. Zickert

Publication date 7 April 2020

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.11841

zbMATH Keywords

hyperbolic knotbraidboundary-parabolic representationcluster coordinatesHikami-Inoue conjecturePtolemy variety

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Cluster algebras (13F60) Knot theory (57K10) Hyperbolic 3-manifolds (57K32)

Abstract: Given a braid presentation $D$ of a hyperbolic knot, Hikami and Inoue consider a system of polynomial equations arising from a sequence of cluster mutations determined by $D$. They show that any solution gives rise to shape parameters and thus determines a boundary-parabolic $mathrmPSL(2,mathbbC)$-representation of the knot group. They conjecture the existence of a solution corresponding to the geometric representation. In this paper, we show that a boundary-parabolic representation $ho$ arises from a solution if and only if the length of $D$ modulo $2$ equals the obstruction to lifting $ho$ to a boundary-parabolic $mathrmSL(2,mathbbC)$-representation (as an element in $mathbb{Z}_2$). In particular, the Hikami-Inoue conjecture holds if and only if the length of $D$ is odd. This can always be achieved by adding a kink to the braid if necessary. We also explicitly construct the solution corresponding to a boundary-parabolic representation given in the Wirtinger presentation of the knot group.

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