Farey recursion and the character varieties for 2-bridge knots
Geometric Topology
2026-02-27 v1
Abstract
We describe the (P)SL(2,C) character varieties of all 2-bridge knots and the diagonal character varieties for all 2-bridge links in terms of a set of polynomials defined using Farey recursion.
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@article{arxiv.1902.01968,
title = {Farey recursion and the character varieties for 2-bridge knots},
author = {Eric Chesebro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.01968},
year = {2026}
}
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24 pages, 4 figures