2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/65553We explain how to construct certain potential functions for the hyperbolic structures of a knot complement, which are closely related to the analytic functions on the deformation space of hyperbolic structures.Published by Geometry and Topology Monographs at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTMon4/paper20.abs.htmlGeometric Topology57M50, 57M25, 57M27On the potential functions for the hyperbolic structures of a knot complementtext