Commensurability conjecture for hyperbolic knot complements

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Let KK be a hyperbolic knot, and consider the commensurability class of its complement S3∖KS^3\setminus K. A knot complement is a complement of a knot in S3S^3 that lies in this class. Commensurability conjecture. (i) There are at most three knot complements in the commensurability class of S3∖KS^3\setminus K. (ii) If KK does not admit symmetries or hidden symmetries, then there is only one knot complement in the commensurability class of S3∖KS^3\setminus K. The conjecture is motivated by the preceding examples and by the observation that a hyperbolic knot without symmetries or hidden symmetries is expected to be the unique knot complement in its commensurability class. The paper does not establish the asserted universal bound or the uniqueness statement in full generality.

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Alan W. Reid and Genevieve S. Walsh, “Commensurability classes of 2-bridge knot complements”, arXiv:math/0612473 (2006).

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