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California State University, San Bernardino

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2013

Geometry

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Hyperbolicity Equations For Knot Complements, Christopher Martin Jacinto Jan 2013

Hyperbolicity Equations For Knot Complements, Christopher Martin Jacinto

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This study analyzes Carlo Petronio's paper, An Algorithm Producing Hyperbolicity Equations for a Link Complement in S³. Using the figure eight knot as an example, we will explain how Petronio's algorithm was able to decompose the knot complement of an alternating knot into tetrahedra. Then, using the vertex invariants of these tetrahedra, we will explain how Petronio was able to create hyperbolicity equations.