Following Riley's work, for each $2$-bridge link $K(r)$ of slope $r∈mathbb{R}$ and an integer or a half-integer $n$ greater than $1$, we introduce the Heckoid orbifold $S(r;n)$ and the Heckoid group $G(r;n)=pi_1(S(r;n))$ of index $n$ for $K(r)$ . When $n$ is an integer, $S(r;n)$ is called an even Heckoid orbifold; in this case, the underlying space is the exterior of $K(r)$, and the singular set is the lower tunnel of $K(r)$ with index $n$. The main purpose of this note is to announce answers to the following questions for even Heckoid orbifolds. (1) For an essential simple loop on a $4$-punctured sphere $S$ in $S(r;n)$ determined by the $2$-bridge sphere of $K(r)$, when is it null-homotopic in $S(r;n)$? (2) For two distinct essential simple loops on $S$, when are they homotopic in $S(r;n)$? We also announce applications of these results to character varieties, McShane's identity, and epimorphisms from $2$-bridge link groups onto Heckoid groups.
{"title":"SIMPLE LOOPS ON 2-BRIDGE SPHERES IN HECKOID ORBIFOLDS FOR 2-BRIDGE LINKS","authors":"Donghi Lee, M. Sakuma","doi":"10.3934/ERA.2012.19.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/ERA.2012.19.97","url":null,"abstract":"Following Riley's work, \u0000for each $2$-bridge link $K(r)$ of slope $r∈mathbb{R}$ \u0000and an integer or a half-integer $n$ greater than $1$, \u0000we introduce the Heckoid orbifold $S(r;n)$ and the Heckoid group $G(r;n)=pi_1(S(r;n))$ of \u0000index $n$ for $K(r)$ . \u0000When $n$ is an integer, \u0000$S(r;n)$ is called an even Heckoid orbifold; \u0000in this case, the underlying space is the exterior of $K(r)$, \u0000and the singular set is the lower tunnel of $K(r)$ with index $n$. \u0000The main purpose of this note is to announce answers to \u0000the following questions for even Heckoid orbifolds. \u0000(1) For an essential simple loop on a $4$-punctured sphere $S$ \u0000in $S(r;n)$ determined by the $2$-bridge sphere of $K(r)$, \u0000when is it null-homotopic in $S(r;n)$? \u0000(2) For two distinct essential simple loops \u0000on $S$, when are they homotopic in $S(r;n)$? \u0000We also announce applications of these results to \u0000character varieties, McShane's identity, and \u0000epimorphisms from $2$-bridge link groups onto Heckoid groups.","PeriodicalId":53151,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Research Announcements in Mathematical Sciences","volume":"28 1","pages":"97-111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70232791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper deals with some semi-spectral representations of logmodular algebras. More exactly, we characterize such representations by the corresponding scalar semi-spectral measures. In the case of a logmodular algebra we obtain, for $0