I will give William Thurston's construction of a hyperbolic metric on the complement of the figure-8 knot in the 3- sphere. If time allows, I may also discuss other examples of hyperbolic knot complements which use the same construction.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 12:00pm
I will give William Thurston's construction of a hyperbolic metric on the complement of the figure-8 knot in the 3- sphere. If time allows, I may also discuss other examples of hyperbolic knot complements which use the same construction.