Hyperbolic geometry of multiply twisted knots
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Hyperbolic geometry of multiply twisted knots
zbMATH Open document ID: 1213.57016
author: Jessica S. Purcell
published in: Communications in Analysis and Geometry
publication date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2919
review text: In the paper under review, the geometric properties of knots and links with diagrams with a high amount of twisting of multiple strands are investigated. This extends the author's work [Algebr. Geom. Topol. 7, 93--108 (2007; Zbl 1135.57005)] where only twists on two strands were considered. For a diagram of a knot or link, one can choose a maximal twist region selection, which is not necessarily unique. The generalized augmented link is obtained by inserting a simple closed loop, called a crossing circle, encircling the strands at each twist region. Clearly, there is a relation between the complements of the original knot or link and the augmented link given by Dehn surgery. The first result shows that if a knot or link \(K\) in the \(3\)-sphere has a diagram with a maximal twist region selection where each twist region contains at least six half-twists, and if the generalized augmented link is hyperbolic, then \(K\) is also hyperbolic. After estimating the lengths of slopes of Dehn surgery, which recovers the complement of \(K\) from that of the augmented link, the proof appeals to the famous six-theorem by \textit{I. Agol} [Geom. Topol. 4, 431--449 (2000; Zbl 0959.57009)] and \textit{M. Lackenby} [Invent. Math. 140, No.~2, 243--282 (2000; Zbl 0947.57016)]. It is interesting that a reflection on the complement of the augmented link, whose fixed point set is a surface, is used effectively to estimate the slope lengths. As a generalization of \textit{D. Futer, E. Kalfagianni} and \textit{J. S. Purcell} [J. Differ. Geom. 78, No.~3, 429--464 (2008; Zbl 1144.57014)], the volume of the generalized augmented link is estimated from below, when it is hyperbolic. From this, the author shows that if a knot or link \(K\) in the \(3\)-sphere has a diagram \(D\) with a maximal twist region selection where each twist region contains at least seven half-twists, and if the augmented link is hyperbolic, then the volume of the complement of \(K\) is at least \(0.64756(\mathrm{tw}(D)-…
reviewed by: Masakazu Teragaito
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57M25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57M50
zbMATH DE Number: 5831942
zbMATH Keywords: twist region
zbMATH Keywords: augmented link
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
arXiv ID: 0709.2919
DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2010.V18.N1.A4
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