Study reveals sl2 action on link homology of specific torus links.
problem Determining sl2 action on link homology. method Using equivariant Khovanov-Rozansky homology framework.
result Identified sl2 module structure on link homology. New sl2 action on link homologies discovered.
problem Understanding symmetries in link homologies.
method Constructing sl2 action on equivariant glN-link homologies. result Obtained sl2 action and p-DG structures. Lifts an sl2 action to annular Khovanov homology's stable refinement.
problem Stable refinement of annular Khovanov homology's sl2 action. method Lifts actions of sl2 generators to maps of spectra, using cancellations in cube of resolutions. result Commutativity of sl2 action with Steenrod algebra action. Khovanov-Rozansky homology shows periodic links have group actions.
problem Understanding periodic links through homology.
method Showed Khovanov-Rozansky slN-homology has group actions on m-periodic links. result Proved an analog of periodicity criterion using slN-homology. Study unbounded sl3-laminations around punctures.
problem Classify and understand structures of sl3-laminations at punctures. method Relate to root data, classify signed webs, describe tropicalization, clarify relationships with other approaches.
result Clarify the relationship between sl3-laminations and other approaches. We suggest an index-free formalism allowing to simplify many computations in Riemann geometry. The main ingredients are forms with values in a Clifford algebra and an action of the group sl2×sl2 on such forms.
Quantum cluster algebra constructed from web skein relations on surfaces.
problem Quantization of cluster structures on moduli spaces of SL3 local systems.
method Constructing a quantum cluster algebra inside the skew-field of a skein algebra of unpunctured surfaces.
result Laurent expressions of webs in clusters have positive coefficients.
We define a family of the braid group representations via the action of the R-matrix (of the quasitriangular extension) of the restricted quantum sl(2) on a tensor power of a simple projective module. This family is an extension of the Lawrence representation specialized at roots of unity. Although the c…
Study HOMFLY-PT homology structure for knots up to 11 crossings.
problem Understanding the structure of HOMFLY-PT homology for knots.
method Using Nakagane and Sano's knot data and the sl(2) action, compute HOMFLY-PT S-invariant and compare to sl(N) invariants. result Computed HOMFLY-PT S-invariant for all knots in the dataset. Foams have Lie algebra symmetries that simplify web state spaces.
problem Understanding symmetries in foam structures.
method Defined an action of a Lie subalgebra on foams compatible with glN-foam evaluation. result Endows glN-web state spaces with sl2-action. Extends Lawrence's representations to integral Uqsl(2) Verma-modules and braid groups.
problem Integrating Lawrence's representations into Uqsl(2) Verma-modules and braid groups. method Defining homological operators and showing they provide a representation for Uqsl(2), establishing isomorphisms and preserving key properties. result Recovering an integral version of Kohno's theorem for Verma-modules and braid group representations.
We show that we can release the rigidity of the skew Howe duality process for sln knot invariants by rescaling the quantum Weyl group action, and recover skein modules for web-tangles. This skew Howe duality phenomenon can be extended to the affine slm case, corresponding to looking at tan…
Proofs centerless unimodular contact Lie algebras.
problem Characterizing centerless unimodular contact Lie algebras.
method Elementary proof and introduction of DS-contact Lie algebras.
result The only centerless unimodular examples are sl(2,R) and su(2). Extends knot invariant computation to symmetrically colored sl_N.
problem Computing quantum knot invariants for slN. method Develops symmetrically colored R matrix for slN. result Defines FKslN,sym for positive braid knots. A new invariant for links generalizes Alexander polynomial for sl_3.
problem Defining a non-abelian generalization of the Alexander polynomial.
method Using quantum sl3 representations and Laurent polynomials. result Established a direct relation between Δsl3 and the Alexander polynomial. Paper proves zero stability for one-row colored sl₃-Jones polynomials.
problem Stability of coefficients in colored Jones polynomials.
method Linear skein theory based on Kuperberg's sl₃-webs.
result Zero stability for B-adequate links with anti-parallel twist regions.
The paper calculates colored Jones polynomials for specific link configurations.
problem Computing colored Jones polynomials in general is difficult, but the paper provides explicit formulas.
method Uses Kuperberg's A2 skein relation and one-row Young diagrams. result Derives the sl3 tail of (2,2m)-torus links and false theta series. Researchers calculate colored Jones polynomials for pretzel links using Kuperberg's theory.
problem Calculating colored Jones polynomials for general oriented links is difficult.
method Using Kuperberg's linear skein theory, they focus on one-row polynomials for pretzel links.
result Existence of tails for specific pretzel knots' Jones polynomials is shown.
Computes Lie algebra structure constants using a graphical calculus.
problem Computing Lie algebra structure constants efficiently.
method Graphical calculus for classical invariant theory.
result Generalizes known methods for sl2 to other Lie algebras. Geometric model of unbounded sl3 laminations with tropical coordinates.
problem Modeling unbounded laminations in cluster varieties.
method Introducing tropical cluster coordinates and geometric gluing procedures.
result Established a geometric gluing procedure for unbounded sl3 laminations.
Researchers develop a new quantum invariant using a matrix dilogarithm for 3-manifolds.
problem Developing quantum invariants for 3-manifolds.
method Using a sl3 matrix dilogarithm and quantum groups. result The sl3 matrix dilogarithm can be considered as a 6j-symbol. Using quantum skew-Howe duality, we study the category Rep(gl(m∣n)) of tensor products of exterior powers of the standard representation of Uq(gl(m∣n)), and prove that it is equivalent to a category of ladder diagrams modulo one extra family of relations. We then construct a ca…
Researchers create a new invariant for knot theory.
problem Constructing invariants for knot theory.
method Extending a result to all irreducible representations of sl3. result Existence of a new invariant FKsl3 for any positive braid knot K. We give an explicit graded cellular basis of the sl3-web algebra KS. In order to do this, we identify Kuperberg's basis for the sl3-web space WS with a version of Leclerc-Toffin's intermediate crystal basis and we identify Brundan, Kleshchev and Wang's degree of tableaux with the weigh…
Study on quantum sl3 invariant for positive links.
problem Characterizing and understanding the quantum sl3 invariant of positive links. method Skein theory of sl3-webs, explicit formulae, diagrammatic quantities, obstructions. result Positive links are fibered if and only if the second coefficient of the polynomial is 1.
Defines and parametrizes sl(2)-type singular fibres in symplectic and odd orthogonal Hitchin systems.
problem Characterizing and understanding singular fibres in Hitchin systems.
method Stratification by semi-abelian spectral data, study of irreducible components, global description of degenerations.
result Extension of Langlands duality to sl(2)-type Hitchin fibres. In this paper, we show an isomorphism of homological knot invariants categorifying the Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants for sln. Over the past decade, such invariants have been constructed in a variety of different ways, using matrix factorizations, category O, affine Grassmannians, and diagramma…
The paper extends Khovanov homology results to sl(n) homologies and provides bounds on knot properties.
problem Extending Khovanov homology results to sl(n) homologies and knot properties. method Spectral sequence arguments and Levine-Zemke's ribbon concordance obstruction.
result Bounds on the alternation number and Turaev genus of knots.
We give a purely combinatorial formula for evaluating closed decorated foams. Our evaluation gives an integral polynomial and is directly connected to an integral equivariant version of the slN link homology categorifying the slN link polynomial. We also provide connections to the equivarian…
Constructs y-ifications of Khovanov homology and proves compatibility with HOMFLY--PT.
problem Distinguishing knots with identical Khovanov and HOMFLY--PT homologies.
method Elementary construction within Bar-Natan's framework for tangles, defining e-action on y-ifications. result New structures distinguish knots with identical homologies, e.g., Conway and Kinoshita-Terasaka knots.
Motivated by a possible connection between the SU(N) instanton knot Floer homology of Kronheimer and Mrowka and sl(N) Khovanov-Rozansky homology, Lobb and Zentner recently introduced a moduli problem associated to colourings of trivalent graphs of the kind considered by Murakami, Ohtsuki and Yam…
We find two different families of Sp(2,R) symmetric G2 structures in seven dimensions. These are G2 structures with G2 being the split real form of the simple exceptional complex Lie group G2. The first family has τ2≡0, while the second family has τ1≡τ2≡0. The families are differen…
This article gives matrix factorizations for the trivalent diagrams and double line appearing in sln quantum link invariant. These matrix factorizations reconstruct Khovanov-Rozansky homology. And we show that the Euler characteristic of the matrix factorization for a double loop equals the quantum dimens…
In this paper we use Kuperberg's sl3-webs and Khovanov's sl3-foams to define a new algebra KS, which we call the sl3-web algebra. It is the sl3 analogue of Khovanov's arc algebra. We prove that KS is a graded symmetric Frobenius algebra. Furthermore, we cate…
The paper connects isomonodromic and isospectral deformations for sl2(C) connections.
problem Connecting isomonodromic and isospectral deformations for sl2(C) connections. method Explicitly constructing Lax pairs and Darboux coordinates to bridge isomonodromic and isospectral deformations.
result Explicit change of Darboux coordinates to match spectral invariants, solving an open issue.
We define a CR structure on a distinguished hyperplane in Cn+1 and the CR sub-Laplacian on this CR manifold. We also define symmetries of the CR sub-Laplacian in general and for this special case construct all of them using the ambient construction. Then we investigate the algebra structure of the symmetr…
Quantum invariants from Uhsl(2∣1) are q-holonomic.
problem Understanding quantum invariants from a specific quantum group.
method Demonstrated q-holonomic property through quantum group representations.
result Existence of an underlying field theory for these quantum invariants.
In this article we construct link invariants and 3-manifold invariants from the quantum group associated with Lie superalgebra sl(2∣1). This construction based on nilpotent irreducible finite dimensional representations of quantum group Uξsl(2∣1) where ξ is a root of unity of odd …
Abstract: Bijection strengthened to Morita equivalence integrating Poisson and Cartan-Dirac structures.
problem Bijection between coadjoint orbits and conjugacy classes.
method Morita equivalence of quasi-symplectic groupoids integrating Poisson and Cartan-Dirac structures.
result Strengthened bijection to Morita equivalence.
Formula for sl2 weight system on complete bipartite graphs.
problem Computing values of sl2 weight system for chord diagrams. method Chmutov-Varchenko recurrence relation, Hopf algebra projections.
result Computed values for chord diagrams with complete bipartite intersection graphs.
We define and study the category of symmetric sl2-webs. This category is a combinatorial description of the category of all finite dimensional quantum sl2-modules. Explicitly, we show that (the additive closure of) the symmetric sl2-spider is (braided monoidally) equivalent to …
Homological model for quantum representations of mapping class groups.
problem Investigate linearity of mapping class groups using quantum representations.
method Homological action on configuration space with twisted coefficients.
result Identify subrepresentation equivalent to quantum sl2 representation. Kuperberg introduced web spaces for some Lie algebras which are generalizations of the Kauffman bracket skein module on a disk with marked points. We derive some formulas for A1 and A2 clasped web spaces by graphical calculus using skein theory. These formulas are colored version of skein relations, twist formula…
New systems of linear PDEs discovered in 3D contact manifolds.
problem Investigating linear PDEs of sl3-type. method Complete local classification using extrinsic geometry.
result 7 new systems of second-order linear PDEs with 8-dimensional solution spaces.
The colored Jones polynomial is a q-polynomial invariant of links colored by irreducible representations of a simple Lie algebra. A q-series called a tail is obtained as the limit of the sl2 colored Jones polynomials {Jn(K;q)}n for some link K, for example, an alternating link. For the $\mathf…
Second part of proving linearization theorem for sl2(C).
problem Proving linearization theorem for sl2(C).
method Developed Nash-Moser method for functions flat at a point.
result Linearization result for a more general class of Lie algebras.
Study Poisson cohomology and linearize Lie algebra structures.
problem Linearize Poisson structures on sl2(C). method Calculate Poisson cohomology, construct homotopy operators, develop Nash-Moser method.
result Show that Poisson structures linearizable at zero are flat.
Study shows link polynomial evaluations from Heegaard Floer theory.
problem Link polynomial evaluations from Heegaard Floer theory.
method Definition of Euler characteristic for fractionally-graded complexes based on roots of unity.
result Equality of Alexander polynomial evaluations and sl(n) polynomial evaluations at certain roots of unity.