The SU(2) Casson-Lin invariant of the Hopf link

DOI10.2140/PJM.2016.285.283MaRDI QIDQ346684zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hans U. Boden, Christopher M. Herald

Publication date 30 November 2016

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.06017

zbMATH Keywords

braidsCasson-Lin invariantlinksrepresentation spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15)

Abstract: We compute the $SU(2)$ Casson-Lin invariant for the Hopf link and determine the sign in the formula of Harper and Saveliev relating this invariant to the linking number.

Review text

The Casson-Lin invariant for knots in \(S^3\) is an algebraic count of the conjugacy classes of \(\mathrm{SU}(2)\)-representations of the fundamental group of the knot complement with traceless meridional image. \textit{E. Harper} and \textit{N. Saveliev} generalized this definition to give an invariant of 2-component links in \(S^3\) in [J. Knot Theory Ramifications 21, No. 5, 1250054, 8 p. (2012; Zbl 1237.57034)]. In his paper defining the invariant [J. Differ. Geom. 35, No. 2, 337--357 (1992; Zbl 0774.57007)], \textit{X.-S. Lin} showed that his invariant is equal to half the signature of the knot. Harper and Saveliev similarly showed that their invariant is equal to the linking number of the two components of the link, up to sign. In the paper reviewed here, the authors determine this sign, showing that if \(L = \ell_1 \cup \ell_2\) is an oriented link, then the Casson-Lin invariant of the link is equal to \(-lk(\ell_1,\ell_2)\).

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