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A survey of hyperbolic knot theory

Geometric Topology 2019-09-27 v1

Abstract

We survey some tools and techniques for determining geometric properties of a link complement from a link diagram. In particular, we survey the tools used to estimate geometric invariants in terms of basic diagrammatic link invariants. We focus on determining when a link is hyperbolic, estimating its volume, and bounding its cusp shape and cusp area. We give sample applications and state some open questions and conjectures.

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@article{arxiv.1708.07201,
  title  = {A survey of hyperbolic knot theory},
  author = {David Futer and Efstratia Kalfagianni and Jessica S. Purcell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.07201},
  year   = {2019}
}

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20 pages, 5 figures