Trace-free SL(2, C)-representations of Montesinos links

DOI10.1142/S0218216518500505zbMATH Open1401.57008arXiv1604.01326MaRDI QIDQ4579872FDOQ4579872

Authors: Haimiao Chen 

Publication date: 10 August 2018

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a link $L$, a representation $p{i}_1(S^3-L)omSL(2,mathbbC)$ is {it tracefree} if the image of each meridian has trace zero. We determine the conjugacy classes of tracefree representations when $L$ is a Montesinos link.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.01326

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zbMATH Keywords

rational tangleMontesinos linktrace-free representation

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