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1 EXPLICIT FORMULAE FOR CHERN-SIMONS INVARIANTS OF THE HYPERBOLIC J2n, ) KNOT ORBIFOLDS JI-YOUNG HAM, JOONGUL LEE Abstract. We calculate the Chern-Simons invariants of the hyperbolic J2n, ) not orbifolds using the Schläfli formula for the generalized Chern-Simons function on the family of cone-manifold structures of J2n, ) not. We present the concrete and explicit formula of them. We apply the general instructions of Hilden, Lozano, and Montesinos-Amilibia and extend the Ham and Lee s methods to a bi-infinite family. We dealt with even slopes just as easily as odd ones. As an application, we calculate the Chern-Simons invariants of cyclic coverings of the hyperbolic J2n, ) not orbifolds. For the fundamental group of J2n, ) not, we tae and tailor Hoste and Shanahan s. As a byproduct, we give an affirmative answer for their question whether their presentation is actually derived from Schubert s canonical 2-bridge diagram or not. 1. Introduction Chern-Simons invariants of hyperbolic not orbifolds are computed explicitly for a few infinite families in 9, 10, 11 using the Schläfli formula. In 8, Chern-Simons invariants of hyperbolic alternating not orbifolds are computed explicitly using ideal triangulations by extending Neumann s Methods. This paper is written to compare the Chern-Simons invariants computed in 8 with those of this paper. We wish to provide an efficient algorithm to compute the Chern-Simons invarinats of hyperbolic orbifolds of nots and lins with SnapPy in a near future. In this paper, we present the explicit formulae for Chern-Simons invariants of the hyperbolic J2n, ) not orbifolds and we present them numerically for some of J2n, ) not orbifolds. We expect our methods directly extend to any two-bridge not of the Conway s notation C 1, 2,..., 2r ). Note that J2n, ) not is equal to C, 2n) not. For a two-bridge hyperbolic lin, there exists an angle α 0 2π 3, π) for each lin K such that the cone-manifold Kα) is hyperbolic for α 0, α 0 ), Euclidean for α = α 0, and spherical for α α 0, π 25, 13, 19, 26. We will use the Chern- Simons invariant of the lens space L 4nm, 2n 1) ) calculated in 15. Let us denote J2n, ) by T2n. The following theorem gives the Chern-Simons invariant formulae for T2n. The following theorem applies to the hyperbolic T2n nots. Let S v) be the Chebychev polynomials defined by S 0 v) = 1, S 1 v) = v and S v) = vs 1 v) S 2 v) for all integers. Theorem 1.1. Let X2n α), 0 α < α 0 be the hyperbolic cone-manifold with underlying space S 3 and with singular set T2n of cone-angle α. Let be a positive 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. 57M25, 57M27. Key words and phrases. Chern-Simons invariant, J2n, ) not, orbifold, Riley-Mednyh polynomial, orbifold covering. 1

2 2 Ji-young Ham, Joongul Lee Figure 1. J2n, ) not integer such that -fold cyclic covering of X 2n 2π Simons invariant of X2n 2π ) mod 1 by the following formula: 2π cs X2n α0 4π 2 2π 4π 2 4π 2 π )) ) is hyperbolic. Then the Chernif is odd) is given if is even or mod cs L 4nm, 2n 1) )) 2 2 log M 2 )) S n v) S n 1 v)) S n 1 v) S n 2 v)) Im S n v) S n 1 v)) M 2 dα S n 1 v) S n 2 v)) Im log M 2 )) S n v 1 ) S n 1 v 1 )) S n 1 v 1 ) S n 2 v 1 )) α 0 S n v 1 ) S n 1 v 1 )) M 2 dα S n 1 v 1 ) S n 2 v 1 )) Im log M 2 )) S n v 2 ) S n 1 v 2 )) S n 1 v 2 ) S n 2 v 2 )) α 0 S n v 2 ) S n 1 v 2 )) M 2 dα, S n 1 v 2 ) S n 2 v 2 )) π where for M = e iα 2, x = v M 2 M 2 ImS n v) S n 1 v))s n 1 v) S n 2 v))) 0 32, Lemma 3.9), x 1 = v 1 M 2 M 2, and x 2 = v 2 M 2 M 2 are zeroes of Riley-Mednyh polynomial φ 2n x, M) which is given in Theorem 2.3 and x 1 and x 2 approach common x as α decreases to α 0 and they come from the components of x and x. 2. J2n, ) nots A general reference for this section is 16. A not is J2n, ) not if it has a regular two-dimensional projection of the form in Figure 1. J2n, ) not has 2n right-handed vertical crossings and left-handed horizontal crossings. Recall that we denote it by T2n. One can easily chec that the slope of T2n is /4nm ) which is equivalent to the not with slope 2n 1) ) /4nm ) 28. We will use the following fundamental group of J2n, ) not in 16. The following proposition can also be obtained by reading off the fundamental group from the Schubert normal form of T2n with slope /4nm ) 28, 27 which answers Hoste-Shanahan s question completely for J2n, ) nots. A little caution is needed. Since the slope is even, instead of ɛ j = 1) 2jm 4nm+1 for the power of t in w, we need to use ɛ j if the same orientation of two meridians, s and t, is preferred. LetX2n be S 3 \J2n, ). Proposition 2.1. π 1 X 2n ) = s, t sw m t 1 w m = 1,

3 Chern-Simons invariants of genus one two-bridge nots 3 where w = t 1 s) n ts 1 ) n The Chebychev polynomial. Let S v) be the Chebychev polynomials defined by S 0 v) = 1, S 1 v) = v and S v) = vs 1 v) S 2 v) for all integers. The following explicit formula for S v) can be obtained by solving the above recurrence relation 33. S n v) = ) n i 1) i v n 2i i 0 i n 2 for n 0, S n v) = S n 2 v) for n 2, and S 1 v) = 0. The following proposition 2.2 can be proved using the Cayley-Hamilton theorem 30. a b Proposition , Proposition 2.4 Suppose V = SL c d 2 C). Then V S v) ds = 1 v) bs 1 v) cs 1 v) S v) as 1 v) where v = trv ) = a + d The Riley-Mednyh polynomial. Let and let ρs) = M 1 0 M 1, ρt) = M 0 2 v M 1, c = 0 2 v ) 1. 2 v 0 Then from the above Proposition 2.2, we get the following Theorem 2.3. Let ρs) = S, ρt) = T and ρw) = W. Then trt 1 S) = v = trt S 1 ). Let v = x + M 2 + M 2. Theorem 2.3 can be found in 8, 32. We include the proof for readers convenience. Theorem , 32 ρ is a representation of π 1 X2n ) if and only if x is a root of the following Riley-Mednyh polynomial, φ 2n x, M) = S m z) xs n 1 v) S n v) + 1 v)s n 1 v)) S m 1 z). Proof. Since T 1 S = T S 1 = Hence 1 M 1 MM 2 + x 2) + M 2 ) M 2 + x 1 + M 2 1 M M 1 M 2 + x 2) + M 2 ) M 2 + x 1 + M 2 T 1 S) n Sn v) v 1)S = n 1 v) M 1 S n 1 v), Mv 2)S n 1 v) S n v) S n 1 v) T S 1 ) n Sn v) v 1)S = n 1 v) MS n 1 v) M 1 v 2)S n 1 v) S n v) S n 1 v) W = T 1 S) n T S 1 ) n W = 11 W 12 where 2 v)w 12 W 22, and

4 4 Ji-young Ham, Joongul Lee W 11 = S 2 nv) + 2 2v)S n v)s n 1 v) M 2 2v M 2 v + v 2 )S 2 n 1v) W 12 = M 1 M)S n v)s n 1 v) + Mv M M 1 )S 2 n 1v) W 22 = S 2 nv) 2S n v)s n 1 v) M 2 M 2 v)s 2 n 1v). Let z = TrW ). Then, since S 2 nv) vs n v)s n 1 v) + S 2 n 1v) = 1 by 31, Lemma 2.1 or by induction), z = W 11 + W 22 = 2S 2 nv) vs n v)s n 1 v) + S 2 n 1v)) + 2M 2 + 2M 2 2v M 2 v M 2 v + v 2 )S 2 n 1v) = 2 + v 2)xS 2 n 1v). By Proposition 2.2, we have W ) m Sm z) W = 22 S m 1 z) W 12 S m 1 z). 2 v)w 12 S m 1 z) S m z) W 11 S m 1 z) Therefore trsw m c)/ 2 v = M M 1 )W 12 S m 1 z) + S m z) W 11 S m 1 z) ) gives φ 2n x, M) Longitude Let l = w m w ) m, where w is the word obtained by reversing w. Let L = ρl) 11. Then l is the longitude which is null-homologus in X2n. Recall ρw) = W. Let W = ρw ). It is easy to see that W can be written as W W = 22 W12 2 v) W 12 W11 where W ij is obtained by W ij by replacing M with M 1. Similar computation was introduced in 16. Hence, W 11 = S 2 nv) + 2 2v)S n v)s n 1 v) M 2 2v M 2 v + v 2 )S 2 n 1v) W 12 = M M 1 )S n v)s n 1 v) + M 1 v M 1 M)S 2 n 1v) W 22 = S 2 nv) 2S n v)s n 1 v) M 2 M 2 v)s 2 n 1v). Definition. The complex length of the longitude l is the complex number γ α modulo 4πZ satisfying trρl)) = 2 cosh γ α 2. Note that l α = Reγ α ) is the real length of the longitude of the cone-manifold X2n α). The following lemma was introduced in 16 with slightly different coordinates. Lemma W 21 L + W 21 = 0. Theorem 3.2. L = M 2 S n v) S n 1 v)) S n 1 v) S n 2 v)) S n v) S n 1 v)) M 2 S n 1 v) S n 2 v)).

5 Chern-Simons invariants of genus one two-bridge nots 5 Proof. By directly computing W 21 L + W 21 = 0 in Lemma 3.1 and substituting S n v) + S n 2 v) for vs n 1 v), the theorem follows. 4. Schläfli formula for the generalized Chern-Simons function The general references for this section are 14, 15, 34, 21, 9, 10 and 11. In 14, Hilden, Lozano, and Montesinos-Amilibia defined the generalized Chern- Simons function on the oriented cone-manifold structures which matches up with the Chern-Simons invariant when the cone-manifold is the Riemannian manifold. On the generalized Chern-Simons function on the family of J2n, ) conemanifold structures we have the following Schläfli formula. Theorem 4.1. Theorem 1.2 of 15) For a family of geometric cone-manifold structures, X2n α), and differentiable functions αt) and βt) of t we have di X2n α) ) = 1 4π 2 βdα. 5. Proof of the theorem 1.1 For n 1 and M = e i α 2, φ 2n x, M) have n component ) zeros. The component )) which passes through x 1, x 2 ) = 2 2 cos, 2 2 cos at α = π+1) 4nm+1 π 1) 4nm+1 π is the geometric component by 15, Theorem 2.1, 2 x 1 > 0 and 2 x 2 > 0. For each T2n, there exists an angle α 0 2π 3, π) such that T2n is hyperbolic for α 0, α 0 ), Euclidean for α = α 0, and spherical for α α 0, π 25, 13, 19, 26. Denote by DX2n α)) be the set of zeros of the discriminant of φ 2n x, e i α 2 ) over x. Then α 0 will be one of DX2n α)). On the geometric component we can calculate the Chern-Simons invariant of an orbifold X2n 2π ) mod 1 1 if is even or mod 2 if is odd), where is a positive integer such that -fold cyclic covering of X2n 2π ) is hyperbolic: )) )) 2π 2π cs X2n I X2n mod 1 ) I X2n π) ) π 4π 2 β dα mod 1 ) 1 cs L4nm, 2n 1) )) 2 α0 Im 2 log 4π 2 4π 2 2π π α 0 Im π 4π 2 Im α 0 mod 1 2π M 2 S n v) S n 1 v)) S n 1 v) S n 2 v)) S n v) S n 1 v)) M 2 S n 1 v) S n 2 v)) log M 2 S n v 1 ) S n 1 v 1 )) S n 1 v 1 ) S n 2 v 1 )) S n v 1 ) S n 1 v 1 )) M 2 S n 1 v 1 ) S n 2 v 1 )) log M 2 S n v 2 ) S n 1 v 2 )) S n 1 v 2 ) S n 2 v 2 )) S n v 2 ) S n 1 v 2 )) M 2 S n 1 v 2 ) S n 2 v 2 )) if is even or mod 1 2 ) if is odd )) dα )) dα )) dα where the second equivalence comes from Theorem 4.1 and the third equivalence comes from the fact that I X2n π) ) 1 2 cs L4nm, 2n 1) )) mod 2) 1, Theorem 3.2, and geometric interpretations of hyperbolic and spherical holonomy representations.

6 6 Ji-young Ham, Joongul Lee The following theorem gives the Chern-Simons invariant of the Lens space L4nm+ 1, 2n 1) ). Theorem 5.1. Theorem 1.3 of 15) cs L 4nm, 2n 1) )) m n 4nm mod 1). 6. Chern-Simons invariants of the hyperbolic J2n, ) not orbifolds and of its cyclic coverings The table 1 gives the approximate Chern-Simons invariant of T2n for n between 1 and 4, m between 1 and 4 with n m. Since T2 2, T4 4, T6 6, T8 8 are amphicheiral nots, their Chern-Simons invariants are zero as expected. We used Simpson s rule for the approximation with in Simpson s rule) intervals from 0 to α 0 and in Simpson s rule) intervals from α 0 to π. The table 2 gives the approximate Chern-Simons invariant of the hyperbolic orbifold, cs X2n 2π )) for n between 1 and 4, m between 1 and 4 with n m, and for between 3 and 10, and of its cyclic covering, cs M X2n ) ) except amphicheiral nots. We used Simpson s rule for the approximation with in Simpson s rule) intervals from 2π/ to α 0 and in Simpson s rule) intervals from α 0 to π. We used Mathematica for the calculations. We record here that our data in Table 1 and those obtained from SnapPy match up up to existing decimal points and our data in Table 2 and those presented in 8 match up up to existing decimal points when Chern-Simons invariants presented in 8 are divided by 2π 2 and then read by modulo 1/r for r even and are divided by π 2, read by modulo 1/r and then divided by 2 for r odd. Table 1: Chern-Simons invariant of X2n 4 with n m except amphicheiral nots. 2n α 0 cs ) X2n for n between 1 and 4, m between 1 and Acnowledgements. The authors would lie to than Alexander Mednyh, Hyu Kim, Nathan Dunfield. References 1 Shiing-shen Chern and James Simons. Some cohomology classes in principal fiber bundles and their application to Riemannian geometry. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 68: , 1971.

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