Complex hyperbolic geometry of the figure-eight knot

DOI10.2140/GT.2015.19.237zbMATH Open1335.32028arXiv1303.7096OpenAlexW2045704825MaRDI QIDQ2260554FDOQ2260554

Elisha Falbel, Martin Deraux

Publication date: 11 March 2015

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the figure eight knot complement admits a uniformizable spherical CR structure, i.e. it occurs as the manifold at infinity of a complex hyperbolic orbifold. The uniformization is unique provided we require the peripheral subgroups to have unipotent holonomy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.7096

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zbMATH Keywords

spherical CR structuresgeometric structures on 3-manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) CR structures, CR operators, and generalizations (32V05)

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