Guts of Surfaces and the Colored Jones Polynomial

David Futer, Efstratia Kalfagianni, Jessica Purcell

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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
18 December 2012

Non-Euclidean geometry; Topology

Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics

This monograph derives direct and concrete relations between colored Jones polynomials and the topology of incompressible spanning surfaces in knot and link complements. Under mild diagrammatic hypotheses, we prove that the growth of the degree of the colored Jones polynomials is a boundary slope of an essential surface in the knot complement. We show that certain coefficients of the polynomial measure how far this surface is from being a fiber for the knot; in particular, the surface is a fiber if and only if a particular coefficient vanishes. We also relate hyperbolic volume to colored Jones polynomials. Our method is to generalize the checkerboard decompositions of alternating knots. Under mild diagrammatic hypotheses, we show that these surfaces are essential, and obtain an ideal polyhedral decomposition of their complement. We use normal surface theory to relate the pieces of the JSJ decomposition of the

complement to the combinatorics of certain surface spines (state graphs). Since state graphs have previously appeared in the study of Jones polynomials, our method bridges the gap between quantum and geometric knot invariants.

By: David Futer, Efstratia Kalfagianni, Jessica Purcell
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: 2013 ed.
Volume: 2069
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 2.876kg
ISBN: 9783642333019
ISBN 10: 364233301X
Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 18 December 2012
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Guts of Surfaces and the Colored Jones Polynomial

From the reviews: A relationship between the geometry of knot complements and the colored Jones polynomial is given in this monograph. The writing is well organized and comprehensive, and the book is accessible to both researchers and graduate students with some background in geometric topology and Jones-type invariants. (Heather A. Dye, Mathematical Reviews, January, 2014)