Spectral geometry, link complements and surgery diagrams

DOI10.1007/S10711-009-9451-5zbMATH Open1211.57011arXiv0810.5252OpenAlexW2015125663MaRDI QIDQ5961896FDOQ5961896

Marc Lackenby

Publication date: 16 September 2010

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We provide an upper bound on the Cheeger constant and first eigenvalue of the Laplacian of a finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold M, in terms of data from any surgery diagram for M. This has several consequences. We prove that a family of hyperbolic alternating link complements is expanding if and only if they have bounded volume. We also provide examples of hyperbolic 3-manifolds which require 'complicated' surgery diagrams, thereby proving that a recent theorem of Constantino and Thurston is sharp. Along the way, we find a new upper bound on the bridge number of a knot that is not tangle composite, in terms of the twist number of any diagram of the knot. The proofs rely on a theorem of Lipton and Tarjan on planar graphs, and also the relationship between many different notions of width for knots and 3-manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5252

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zbMATH Keywords

Cheeger constantLaplacian3-manifoldhyperboliclink diagramsurgeryalternating link

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50)

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