Researchers prove a conjecture linking 1-loop invariants to torsion for fibered 3-manifolds.
problem Proving a conjecture about polynomial invariants and torsion for fibered 3-manifolds.
method Using combinatorial data of ideal triangulations and layered triangulations of fibered 3-manifolds with toroidal boundary, proving the conjecture for specific cases and confirming it for a large number of nonfibered manifolds.
result The conjecture linking 1-loop invariants to torsion for fibered 3-manifolds with toroidal boundary is proven.
New geometric methods solve a conjecture for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
problem Verifying the 1-loop conjecture for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Constructing geometric ideal triangulations and solving gluing equations.
result Proves the 1-loop conjecture for a large class of hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
New definition of twisted 1-loop invariant using Ptolemy coordinates.
problem Defining and proving properties of twisted 1-loop invariants.
method Alternative definition via Jacobian of Ptolemy coordinates.
result Twisted 1-loop invariant equals adjoint twisted Alexander polynomial for hyperbolic once-punctured torus bundles.
1-loop invariant equals torsion for 2-bridge knots.
problem Proving a conjecture about knot invariants.
method Combining Ohtsuki-Takata work with explicit computation.
result 1-loop term equals Reidemeister torsion for hyperbolic 2-bridge knots.
New invariants explain topological properties of pseudo-Anosov maps.
problem Understanding invariants of pseudo-Anosov maps at roots of unity.
method Numerical methods and quantum modularity conjecture.
result Descendant invariants related by Fourier transform.
Twisted Neumann--Zagier matrices for quantum invariants.
problem Constructing quantum invariants from ideal triangulations.
method Define and compute twisted Neumann--Zagier matrices from combinatorics.
result Twisted 1-loop invariant equals adjoint twisted Alexander polynomial.
The paper studies Teichmüller TQFT for hyperbolic knots, proving exponential decay of partition functions.
problem Analyzing Teichmüller TQFT for hyperbolic knots with generalized FAMED triangulations.
method Introducing generalized FAMED property, proving exponential decay of partition functions in semi-classical limit.
result Partition functions decay exponentially with the volume of knot complements, and the 1-loop invariant emerges.
Study topological G₂ and Spin(7) strings at 1-loop using double complexes.
problem Calculate topological string partition functions at 1-loop.
method Define double complexes for supersymmetric backgrounds using generalised geometry, compute partition functions as alternating products of determinants of Laplacians.
result Reproduce known results for G₂ string and predict for Spin(7) string.
Study the kernel of surgery map restricted to 1-loop part of homology cylinders.
problem Understanding the kernel of the surgery map restricted to 1-loop parts of homology cylinders.
method Using Jacobi diagrams and clasper surgery, determine the kernel of the surgery map restricted to the 1-loop part.
result Determined the kernel of the surgery map restricted to the 1-loop part of homology cylinders.
We establish a link between the holomorphic derivatives of Thurston's hyperbolic gluing equations on an ideally triangulated finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifold and the cohomology of the sheaf of infinitesimal isometries. Moreover, we provide a geometric reformulation of the non-abelian Reidemeister torsion correspondi…
Study proves volume conjecture for specific 3-manifolds.
problem Proving the Andersen-Kashaev volume conjecture for FAMED triangulations.
method Introducing FAMED triangulations and proving existence of Jones function.
result Proves the Andersen-Kashaev volume conjecture for FAMED geometric triangulations.
In hep-th/9805025, a result for the symmetric 3-loop massive tetrahedron in 3 dimensions was found, using the lattice algorithm PSLQ. Here we give a more general formula, involving 3 distinct masses. A proof is devised, though it cannot be accounted as a derivation; rather it certifies that an Ansatz found by PSLQ sati…
We use a generalized Ricci tensor, defined for generalized metrics in Courant algebroids, to show that Poisson-Lie T-duality is compatible with the 1-loop renormalization group.
Construct quaternionic-Kähler metrics from special Kähler manifolds with specific BPS structure variations.
problem Construct quaternionic-Kähler metrics from special Kähler manifolds with mutually local variations of BPS structures.
method Construct quaternionic-Kähler metrics from a conical special Kähler manifold with a certain type of mutually-local variation of BPS structures. Provide global and local explicit formulas for the quaternionic-Kähler metric.
result Construct quaternionic-Kähler metrics that are positive-definite and deform the 1-loop corrected Ferrara-Sabharval metric.
We will construct differential forms on the embedding spaces Emb(R^j,R^n) for n-j>=2 using configuration space integral associated with 1-loop graphs, and show that some linear combinations of these forms are closed in some dimensions. There are other dimensions in which we can show the closedness if we replace Emb(R^j…
We show that surgery on a connected clover (or clasper) with at least one loop preserves the concordance class of a knot. Surgery on a slightly more special class of clovers preserves invertible concordance. We also show that the converse is false. Similar results hold for clovers with at least two loops vs. S-equivale…
Essential triangulations connect via specific moves in 3-manifolds.
problem Finding essential triangulations in 3-manifolds with infinite boundary components.
method Using 2-3, 3-2, 0-2, and 2-0 moves to connect essential triangulations.
result Essential triangulations are connected via specific moves.
We discuss certain recent mathematical advances, mainly due to Perelman, in the theory of Ricci flows and their relevance for renormalization group (RG) flows. We consider nonlinear sigma models with closed target manifolds supporting a Riemannian metric, dilaton, and 2-form B-field. By generalizing recent mathematical…
Study of asymptotics of meromorphic 3D-index as q approaches 1.
problem Understanding the asymptotic behavior of a meromorphic function related to 3D-index.
method Developed a conjectural asymptotic approximation using stationary phase analysis of a circle-valued angle structure integral.
result Found connections to angle structures and volume optimization.
We argue that the AdS/CFT calculational prescription for double-trace deformations leads to a holographic derivation of the conformal anomaly, and its conformal primitive, associated to the whole family of conformally covariant powers of the Laplacian (GJMS operators) at the conformal boundary. The bulk side involves a…
The gluing equations of a cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold M are a system of polynomial equations in the shapes of an ideal triangulation $\calT$ of M that describe the complete hyperbolic structure of M and its deformations. Given a Neumann-Zagier datum (comprising the shapes together with the gluing equations in a …
Study 2-loop part of Johnson cokernel using trace map.
problem Identify components of Johnson cokernel in degree 6.
method Use 2-loop trace map to capture Johnson cokernels.
result Capture all components of Johnson cokernels in degree 6.
New invariants from quantum group theory for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
problem Computing invariants for hyperbolic 3-manifolds with boundary.
method Using modular doubles of quantum sl(2;R) and 6j-symbols. result Invariants decay exponentially with hyperbolic volume and 1-loop terms.
Researchers compute torsion for homology cylinders, proving it a finite-type invariant.
problem Computing finite-type invariants for homology cylinders.
method Non-commutative Reidemeister-Turaev torsion, using K1-group and group ring. result The torsion's reduction is a finite-type invariant of degree d. We deal here with the geometry of the twistor fibration $\mathcal{Z} \to \bb{S}^3_1$ over the De Sitter 3-space. The total space Z is a five dimensional reductive homogeneous space with two canonical invariant almost CR structures. Fixed the normal metric on Z we study the harmonic map equation …
The paper studies the n-loop Kontsevich invariant of knots with same Alexander polynomial.
problem Understanding the n-loop Kontsevich invariant for knots with identical Alexander polynomials.
method Analyzes the subspace generated by the n-loop Kontsevich invariant of knots with genus ≤ g and same Alexander polynomial.
result For n ≥ 2, the subspace is finite-dimensional.
TabPFN's internal geometry topology correlates with dataset reliability.
problem Understanding TabPFN's behavior on structurally difficult tabular geometries.
method Using zigzag persistent homology, studying TabPFN's internal representations on synthetic tabular tasks with known topology.
result Topology of TabPFN's internal representation geometry is strongly associated with dataset-level reliability.
We study 4-dimensional higher-derivative conformal higher spin (CHS) fields generalising Weyl graviton and conformal gravitino. They appear, in particular, as "induced" theories in the AdS/CFT context. We consider their partition function on curved Einstein-space backgrounds like (A)dS or sphere and Ricci-flat spaces. …
Polyhedra volume conjecture supports Stoker conjecture weakly.
problem Proving the Stoker conjecture for polyhedra.
method Using an extension of Montcouquiol and Weiss' result on polyhedra angles as local coordinates.
result Volume Conjecture for polyhedra implies a weak version of the Stoker conjecture.
Survey on two non-Kähler geometry conjectures.
problem Constant holomorphic sectional curvature and Fino-Vezzoni conjectures in non-Kähler geometry.
method Survey and discussion of historical and recent developments.
result Discussion of conjectures without new results.
Numerical study confirms Brennan's conjecture for a counterexample to Thurston's K=2 conjecture.
problem Thurston's K=2 conjecture and Brennan's conjecture in planar domains. method Numerical analysis of a specific counterexample to Thurston's conjecture.
result The counterexample does not contradict Brennan's conjecture.
The non-vanishing conjecture implies the abundance conjecture in certain cases.
problem Abundance conjecture in algebraic geometry.
method Proof of the abundance conjecture under specific conditions.
result The abundance conjecture holds in dimensions ≤ 5 when κ ≥ 0 and ν ≤ 1.
Proves Gromov's conjecture and answers Stoker's polyhedron conjecture.
problem Gromov's flat corner domination conjecture and Stoker's conjecture for convex polyhedra.
method Same techniques applied to prove conjectures.
result Proves Gromov's conjecture and answers Stoker's polyhedron conjecture.
This paper gives an algebraic conjecture which is shown to be equivalent to Thurston's Geometrization Conjecture for closed, orientable 3-manifolds. It generalizes the Stallings-Jaco theorem which established a similar result for the Poincare Conjecture. The paper also gives two other algebraic conjectures; one is equi…
Symmetry-breaking in three differential geometry conjectures.
problem Exploring the role of symmetry in three differential geometry conjectures.
method Examining the Carathéodory, Willmore, and Lawson Conjectures through the lens of symmetry in 3D space-forms.
result Symmetry is broken, and more general ambient metrics are considered, leading to the failure of the conjectures.
We introduce a new variant of the coarse Baum-Connes conjecture designed to tackle coarsely disconnected metric spaces called the boundary coarse Baum-Connes conjecture. We prove this conjecture for many coarsely disconnected spaces that are known to be counterexamples to the coarse Baum-Connes conjecture. In particula…
Study proves Hecke lifting conjecture for torus knots and verifies it for any framed knots.
problem Integrality structure of framed knots' quantum invariants.
method Explicit formulas of colored HOMFLY-PT invariants of torus knots, verified in a limit form for any framed knots.
result Proves Hecke lifting conjecture for torus knots and verifies it for any framed knots.
New proof shows most thin knots satisfy Cabling Conjecture.
problem Cabling Conjecture for thin knots using Heegaard Floer homology.
method Heegaard Floer homology and immersed curves techniques.
result Almost all thin knots satisfy the Cabling Conjecture.
We review the Burghelea conjecture, which constitutes a full computation of the periodic cyclic homology of complex group rings, and its relation to the algebraic Baum-Connes conjecture. The Burghelea conjecture implies the Bass conjecture. We state two conjectures about groups of finite asymptotic dimension, which tog…
Metric SYZ conjecture proved using non-archimedean geometry.
problem Proving the metric SYZ conjecture in large generality.
method Using non-archimedean geometry to support the conjecture.
result Metric SYZ conjecture can be proved in large generality.
Paper confirms Chen's biharmonic conjecture for hypersurfaces in 5D.
problem Chen's conjecture on biharmonic submanifolds in Euclidean spaces.
method Analyzes hypersurfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^5\) for \(n=4\).
result Chen's conjecture is confirmed for hypersurfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^5\) when \(n=4\).
Counterexample disproves recent Penrose conjecture variant.
problem A variant of the Penrose conjecture.
method Provided a counterexample.
result The conjectured variant of the Penrose inequality is false.
In this article, we give proofs on the Arnold Lagrangian intersection conjecture on the cotangent bundles, Arnold-Givental Lagrangian intersection conjecture and the Arnold fixed point conjecture.
Proof outlined for 4D smooth Poincaré conjecture.
problem 4-dimensional smooth Poincaré conjecture.
method Outline of proof.
result Proof of 4D smooth Poincaré conjecture.
In order to give a unified generalization of the BW inequality and the DDVV inequality, Lu and Wenzel proposed three Conjectures 1, 2, 3 and an open Question 1 in 2016. In this paper we discuss further these conjectures and put forward several new conjectures which will be shown equivalent to Conjecture 2. In particula…
In this paper, we generalize the Cosmetic Surgery Conjecture to an n-cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold and prove it under the assumption of another well-known conjecture in number theory, so called the Zilber-Pink Conjecture. For n=1 and 2, we show them without the assumption.
Paper connects AJ conjecture and colored Jones polynomial potential function.
problem Relationship between A-polynomial and colored Jones polynomial. method Connects AJ conjecture and colored Jones polynomial potential function.
result Establishes connection between A-polynomial and colored Jones polynomial potential function. Akbulut and Kirby conjectured that two knots with the same 0-surgery are concordant. In this paper, we prove that if the slice-ribbon conjecture is true, then the modified Akbulut-Kirby's conjecture is false. We also give a fibered potential counterexample to the slice-ribbon conjecture.