Exact volume of hyperbolic 2-bridge links

DOI10.4310/CAG.2014.V22.N5.A5zbMATH Open1327.57014arXiv1211.5089MaRDI QIDQ893884FDOQ893884

Authors: Anastasiia Tsvietkova 

Publication date: 20 November 2015

Published in: Communications in Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: W. Thurston suggested a method for computing hyperbolic volume of hyperbolic 3-manifolds, based on a triangulation of the manifold. The method was implemented by J. Weeks in the program SnapPea, which produces a decimal approximation as a result. For hyperbolic 2-bridge links, we give formulae that allow one to find the exact volume, i.e. to construct a polynomial and to find volume as an analytic function of one of its roots. The computation is performed directly from a reduced, alternating link diagram.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.5089

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zbMATH Keywords

hyperbolic volumeSnapPea

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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Uses Software

• SnapPea

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