Simple loops on 2-bridge spheres in Heckoid orbifolds for 2-bridge links

DOI10.3934/ERA.2012.19.97zbMATH Open1255.57006arXiv1206.4258OpenAlexW2058617597MaRDI QIDQ691554FDOQ691554

Authors: Donghi Lee, Makoto Sakuma 

Publication date: 3 December 2012

Published in: Electronic Research Announcements in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Following Riley's work, for each 2-bridge link $K(r)$ of slope $rinQQ$ and an integer or a half-integer $n$ greater than 1, we introduce the {it Heckoid orbifold $orbs(r;n)$} and the {it Heckoid group $Hecke(r;n)=p{i}_1(orbs(r;n))$ of index $n$ for $K(r)$}. When $n$ is an integer, $orbs(r;n)$ is called an {it even} Heckoid orbifold; in this case, the underlying space is the exterior of $K(r)$, and the singular set is the lower tunnel of $K(r)$ with index $n$. The main purpose of this note is to announce answers to the following questions for even Heckoid orbifolds. (1) For an essential simple loop on a 4-punctured sphere $PConway$ in $orbs(r;n)$ determined by the 2-bridge sphere of $K(r)$, when is it null-homotopic in $orbs(r;n)$? (2) For two distinct essential simple loops on $PConway$, when are they homotopic in $orbs(r;n)$? We also announce applications of these results to character varieties, McShane's identity, and epimorphisms from 2-bridge link groups onto Heckoid groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4258

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zbMATH Keywords

McShane's identityHeckoid groupsHeckoid orbifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cancellation theory of groups; application of van Kampen diagrams (20F06)

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