Jørgensen Number and Arithmeticity
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The Jørgensen number of a rank-two non-elementary Kleinian group Γ is J(Γ) = inf{|trX − 4|+ |tr[X,Y ]− 2| : 〈X,Y 〉 = Γ}. Jørgensen’s Inequality guarantees J(Γ) ≥ 1, and Γ is a Jørgensen group if J(Γ) = 1. This paper shows that the only torsion-free Jørgensen group is the figure-eight knot group, identifies all non-cocompact arithmetic Jørgensen groups, and establishes a characterization of cocompact arithmetic Jørgensen groups. The paper concludes with computations of J(Γ) for several noncocompact Kleinian groups including some two-bridge knot and link groups.
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