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The hyperbolic volume of knots from quantum dilogarithm

q-alg 2008-02-03 v2 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

The invariant of a link in three-sphere, associated with the cyclic quantum dilogarithm, depends on a natural number NN. By the analysis of particular examples it is argued that for a hyperbolic knot (link) the absolute value of this invariant grows exponentially at large NN, the hyperbolic volume of the knot (link) complement being the growth rate.

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@article{arxiv.q-alg/9601025,
  title  = {The hyperbolic volume of knots from quantum dilogarithm},
  author = {R. M. Kashaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-alg/9601025},
  year   = {2008}
}

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8 pages, LaTeX, no figures, minor changes with additional references, to appear in Lett. Math. Phys

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