Character varieties of some families of links

2014/03/26 by Anh T. Tran, Tran, Anh T.
Mathematics · #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #math.GT #msc:57M27

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1403.6800

12 pages, 2 figures

arxiv created 2014/03/26 · arxiv updated 2014/03/27

Abstract

In this paper we consider some families of links, including (-2,2m+1,2n)-pretzel links and twisted Whitehead links. We calculate the character varieties of these families, and determine the number of irreducible components of these character varieties.

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