Abstract
We compute both natural and smooth models for the character varieties of the two-component double twist links, an infinite family of two-bridge links indexed as . For each , the component(s) of the character variety containing characters of irreducible representations are birational to a surface of the form , where is a curve. The same is true of the canonical component. We compute the genus of this curve, and the degree of irrationality of the canonical component. We realize the natural model of the canonical component of the character variety of the link as the surface obtained from as a series of blow-ups.
Citation
Kathleen L Petersen. Anh T Tran. "Character varieties of double twist links." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 15 (6) 3569 - 3598, 2015. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2015.15.3569
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