In mathematics, a hyperbolic link is a link in the 3-sphere with complement that has a complete Riemannian metric of constant negative curvature, i.e. has a hyperbolic geometry. A hyperbolic knot is a hyperbolic link with one component. As a consequence of the work of William Thurston, it is known that every knot is precisely one of the following: hyperbolic, a torus knot, or a satellite knot. As a consequence, hyperbolic knots can be considered plentiful. A similar heuristic applies to hyperbolic links. As a consequence of Thurston's hyperbolic Dehn surgery theorem, performing Dehn surgeries on a hyperbolic link enables one to obtain many more hyperbolic 3-manifolds. Examples Borromean rings are hyperbolic. Every non-split, prime, alternating link that is not a torus link is hyperbolic by a result of William Menasco. 41 knot (the figure-eight knot) 52 knot (the three-twist knot) 61 knot (the stevedore knot) 62 knot 63 knot 74 knot 10 161 knot (the "Perko pair" knot) 12n242 knot See also SnapPea Hyperbolic volume (knot) Further reading Colin Adams (1994, 2004) The Knot Book, American Mathematical Society, . William Menasco (1984) "Closed incompressible surfaces in alternating knot and link complements", Topology 23(1):37–44. William Thurston (1978-1981) The geometry and topology of three-manifolds, Princeton lecture notes. External links Colin Adams, Handbook of Knot Theory 3-manifolds