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. 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.
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. The paper constructs bases for cluster varieties using mSL3-webs and laminations.
problem Cluster varieties associated to mSL3-local systems on surfaces. method Introducing mSL3-laminations, developing quantum and classical trace maps, and constructing bases. result Bases of regular functions on mPGL3 cluster varieties constructed from mSL3-laminations. 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. New model for rational tropical points using sp4-webs and measures.
problem Understanding rational tropical points of Fock-Goncharov moduli space.
method Introducing rational bounded sp4-laminations and defining tropical coordinate systems. result Established a bijection between rational tropical points and sp4-webs. 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. 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. We give a Thurston-like definition for laminations on higher Teichmuller spaces associated to a surface S and a semi-simple group G for G−SLm and PGLm. The case G=SL2 or PGL2 corresponds to the classical theory of laminations. Our construction involves positive configurations of points in the affine bui…
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. 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.
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. 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. 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…
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…
Study surface subgroups acting on projective space, finding bending laminations and spheres.
problem Surface subgroups acting on RP3 with coaffine representations. method Stratification of convex core boundary, bending laminations, and analysis of holonomy.
result Projectivization of bending data space is a sphere of dimension 6g−7. 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…
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.
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. 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.
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. 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 …
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 …
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…
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.
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. Quantum invariants derived from Uq(sl2) link holonomy.
problem Quantum invariants of links and their relations.
method Using quantum groups and Schur-Weyl duality, constructing quantum holonomy invariants.
result Quantum invariants of links can be derived from Uq(sl2) representations. Frobenius homomorphisms for SL_n skein modules generalize knot theory results.
problem Quantum group representations and skein theory for SL_n character varieties.
method Representation theory of quantum groups and skein theory.
result Frobenius homomorphisms for stated SL_n skein modules are defined and their properties are explored.
In this paper, we study the quantum sl(n) representation category using the web space. Specially, we extend sl(n) web space for n≥4 as generalized Temperley-Lieb algebras. As an application of our study, we find that the HOMFLY polynomial Pn(q) specialized to a one variable polynomial …
We show how to define invariants of graphs related to quantum sl(2) when the graph has more then one connected component and components are colored by blocks of representations with zero quantum dimensions.
Extends earthquake and horocycle flows to new measures.
problem Ergodic theory of earthquake flow on measured laminations.
method Generalizes shear coordinates to arbitrary measured laminations.
result Classifies ergodic measures for P action on bundle of quadratic differentials.
In the present article, we combine some techniques in the harmonic analysis together with the geometric approach given by modules over sheaves of rings of twisted differential operators (D-modules), and reformulate the composition series and branching problems for objects in the Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand pa…
Study of SL(2,R) representations on a once-punctured torus, showing Cantor set spectrum.
problem Characterizing SL(2,R) representations on a once-punctured torus.
method Introduction of spectrum as a subset of projective measured laminations, analysis of dynamics of cocycles.
result Spectrum of a generic representation on a once-punctured torus is a Cantor set.