Irrationality conjecture for the cusp translation parameter of hyperbolic knot representations

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Let KK be a hyperbolic knot in S3S^3, let R0R_0 be the relevant component of the SL2(C)SL_2(\mathbb{C})-representation variety, and let μ\mu and λ\lambda denote the meridian and longitude. For an irreducible representation ρ∈R0\rho\in R_0 such that ρ(μ)\rho(\mu) and ρ(λ)\rho(\lambda) are parabolic, choose a conjugation in which

ρ(μ)=±[1101],ρ(λ)=±[1t(ρ)01],\rho(\mu)=\pm\begin{bmatrix}1&1\\0&1\end{bmatrix},\qquad \rho(\lambda)=\pm\begin{bmatrix}1&t(\rho)\\0&1\end{bmatrix},

where t(ρ)∈Ct(\rho)\in\mathbb{C}. Irrationality conjecture. One has

t(ρ)∉Q.t(\rho)\notin\mathbb{Q}.

The claim concerns the cusp translation parameter associated with a parabolic peripheral representation of a hyperbolic knot. The supplied source does not indicate whether this conjecture has been resolved.

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Weiping Li and Qingxue Wang, “Volume Conjecture, Regulator and SL_2(C)-Character Variety of a Knot”, arXiv:math/0604057 (2006).

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