Hidden symmetries and commensurability of 2-bridge link complements

DOI10.2140/PJM.2016.285.453zbMATH Open1361.57013arXiv1601.01015OpenAlexW3100608439MaRDI QIDQ346705FDOQ346705

Christian Millichap, William Worden

Publication date: 30 November 2016

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

Abstract: In this paper, we show that any non-arithmetic hyperbolic $2$-bridge link complement admits no hidden symmetries. As a corollary, we conclude that a hyperbolic $2$-bridge link complement cannot irregularly cover a hyperbolic $3$-manifold. By combining this corollary with the work of Boileau and Weidmann, we obtain a characterization of $3$-manifolds with non-trivial JSJ-decomposition and rank two fundamental groups. We also show that the only commensurable hyperbolic $2$-bridge link complements are the figure-eight knot complement and the $6_2^2$ link complement. Our work requires a careful analysis of the tilings of $mathbb{R}^2$ that come from lifting the canonical triangulations of the cusps of hyperbolic $2$-bridge link complements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01015

zbMATH Keywords

commensurabilityhidden symmetry2-bridge link

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

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