Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds as Discretized Configuration Spaces of Simple Graphs Público

Chu, Michelle (2011)

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Abstract

A discretized configuration space is a topological space of possible configurations
of particles in a graph in which multiple particles are not allowed in neighbouring
edges. In this paper, we consider discretized configuration spaces of three particles on
1-dimensional simple graphs, in particular, the discretized configuration spaces D3(K7)
and D3(K4,4). We prove that in both cases, removing certain vertices from the discretized
configuration spaces on three particles results in complete finite-volume hyperbolic
3-manifolds. We describe their construction and triangulations by cubes and
tetrahedra. We also discuss their commensurability class in relation to each other and
to the complement of the figure-8 knot.

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Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 Prerequisites 2
2.1 Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 Manifolds and Hyperbolic Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3 Cell Complexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4 Group Theory and Algebraic Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Preliminaries and Denitions 9
3.1 Motion-Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2 Formal Denition of Conguration Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.3 The Premise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4 Discretized Space of K7 18
4.1 2-dimensional forerunner: D2(K5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2 Building Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.3 Geometric Properties of M1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4 Other Discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5 Discretized Space of K4;4 27
5.1 2-dimensional forerunner: D2(K3;3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2 Building Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.3 Geometric Properties of M2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.4 Other Discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6 The Relationship 36

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