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Figure-eight knot is always over there

Geometric Topology 2023-10-10 v1

Abstract

It is well-known that complex hyperbolic triangle groups Δ(3,3,4)\Delta(3,3,4) generated by three complex reflections I1,I2,I3I_1,I_2,I_3 in \mboxPU(2,1)\mbox{PU(2,1)} has 1-dimensional moduli space. Deforming the representations from the classical R\mathbb{R}-Fuchsian one to Δ(3,3,4;)\Delta(3,3,4; \infty), that is, when I3I2I1I2I_3I_2I_1I_2 is accidental parabolic, the 3-manifolds at infinity change from a Seifert 3-manifold to the figure-eight knot complement. When I3I2I1I2I_3I_2I_1I_2 is loxodromic, there is an open set ΩHC2=S3\Omega \subset \partial\mathbf H^{2}_{\mathbb C}=\mathbb S^3 associated to I3I2I1I2I_3I_2I_1I_2, which is a subset of the discontinuous region. We show the quotient space Ω/Δ(3,3,4)\Omega/ \Delta(3,3,4) is always the figure-eight knot complement in the deformation process. This gives the topological/geometrical explain that the 3-manifold at infinity of Δ(3,3,4;)\Delta(3,3,4; \infty) is the figure-eight knot complement. In particular, this confirms a conjecture of Falbel-Guilloux-Will.

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@article{arxiv.2310.05408,
  title  = {Figure-eight knot is always over there},
  author = {Jiming Ma and Baohua Xie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.05408},
  year   = {2023}
}
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