Limit values of the non-acyclic Reidemeister torsion for knots

DOI10.2140/AGT.2007.7.1485MaRDI QIDQ2464802zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yoshikazu Yamaguchi

Publication date 17 December 2007

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512277

zbMATH Keywords

character varietiesknotsReidemeister torsiontwisted Alexander invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05) Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10)

Abstract: We consider the Reidemeister torsion associated with SL(2, C)-representations of a knot group. A bifurcation point in the SL(2, C)-character variety of a knot group is a character which is given by both an abelian SL(2, C)-representation and a non-abelian one. We show that there exist limits of the non-acyclic Reidemeister torsion at bifurcation points and the limits are expressed by using the derivation of the Alexander polynomial of the knot in this paper.

Review text

The Reidemeister torsion is an invariant of a CW-complex and a representation of its fundamental group. The author considers the Reidemeister torsion associated with \(\text{SL}_2(\mathbb C)\)-representations of a knot group. A bifurcation point in the \(\text{SL}_2(\mathbb C)\)-character variety of a knot group is a character which is given by both an abelian \(\text{SL}_2(\mathbb C)\)-representation and a nonabelian one. The author shows that there exist limits of the non-acyclic Reidemeister torsion at bifurcation points and the limits are expressed by using the derivation of the Alexander polynomial of the knot.

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