The study connects knot complements to 3d theories via half-index calculations.
problem Understanding the relationship between knot complements and 3d theories.
method Using half-index calculations and inverted Habiro series, the study realizes knot complements as homological blocks.
result The colored Jones polynomial is derived from choosing specific poles in the half-index integral expression.
New bounds on Heegaard distance for link complements in 3D space.
problem Finding bounds on Heegaard distance for link complements.
method Constructing specific links with given properties.
result Existence of links with specific Heegaard distances.
The paper connects quivers to knot complements and studies their BPS states and 3d N=2 theories.
problem Understanding the relationship between quivers and knot complements.
method Assigning quivers to knot complements and exploring their physical interpretation.
result Proposed a physical interpretation of quivers in terms of BPS states and 3d N=2 theories.
Study of fundamental groups of knotted solenoid complements in 3D sphere.
problem Determining fundamental groups of knotted solenoid complements.
method Using canonical sequence of knot groups and embedding up to mirror reflection.
result Fundamental groups of knotted solenoid complements are solely determined by a sequence of knot groups and embedding up to mirror reflection.
New algorithm constructs characters of rational VOAs from knot complements.
problem Constructing characters of rational VOAs from knot complements.
method 3D N=2 gauge theories, Dimofte-Gaiotto-Gukov construction, 3D N=4 rank-0 SCFT, topological twist. result New Nahm-sum-like expressions for Virasoro minimal model characters.
New foliations found in 3D spaces from positive braids.
problem Finding taut foliations in 3D complements of positive braids.
method Dehn surgery on multislopes for non-split positive braids.
result Non-L-space complements with co-oriented taut foliations.
The paper generalizes knot invariants and their connections to quivers and ideals.
problem Understanding knot complements and their invariants.
method Generalizing FK invariants, knots-quivers correspondence, and A-polynomials; associating FK to branch of A-polynomial; quiver generating series; R-matrices; quantum a-deformed A-polynomial; 3d-5d theory. result Explicit expressions for FK invariants and their quiver representations for several simple knots. Enhances 2D face recognition with 3D features using active illumination.
problem Improving robustness of 2D face recognition to spoofing attacks and low-light conditions.
method Projecting a high spatial frequency pattern onto the face to recover 3D information and a 2D image simultaneously.
result Significantly boosts face recognition performance and dramatically improves robustness to spoofing attacks.
Holomorphic functions from knot complements link to quantum modular forms.
problem Analyzing holomorphic functions from knot complements.
method Matrix-valued holomorphic functions, cocycles, and quantum modularity.
result Identifies a matrix-valued holomorphic quantum modular form.
A class of 3d N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories are constructed and shown to encode the simplicial geometries in 4-dimensions. The gauge theories are defined by applying the Dimofte-Gaiotto-Gukov construction in 3d/3d correspondence to certain graph complement 3-manifolds. Given a gauge theory in this class…
STRING improves 2D and 3D position encodings for better performance.
problem Efficient and accurate position encoding for 2D and 3D applications.
method STRING extends Rotary Position Encodings with a unifying theoretical framework, maintaining translation invariance and low computational cost.
result STRING shows substantial gains in open-vocabulary object detection and robotics.
We propose a new description of 3d N=2 theories which do not admit conventional Lagrangians. Given a quiver Q and a mutation sequence m on it, we define a 3d N=2 theory T[(Q,m)] in such a way that the Sb3 partition function of the theory coincides with the cluster partition f…
Topology-enhanced loss improves 3D object reconstruction from 2D images.
problem Challenges in reconstructing 3D objects from 2D images, especially capturing shape information.
method Integrates multi-scale topological features into the reconstruction loss using cubical complexes and optimal transport distance.
result Topology-aware loss substantially improves 3D reconstruction quality.
Refined 3D index uses surgery and gradings to distinguish 3-manifolds.
problem Distinguishing 3-manifolds and gauge theories phases.
method Dehn surgery presentation, ideal triangulation, and enhanced flavor symmetries.
result Invariance of refined index under various transformations.
Invariants for 3D manifolds with boundaries using crossed modules.
problem Develop invariants for compact 3D manifolds with boundaries.
method Employ crossed modules to count correct colors over triangulations.
result Validated invariants for compact 3D manifolds with boundaries.
New spheres can split a 4D link in ways not possible in 3D.
problem Exploring how splitting spheres behave in 4D space.
method Constructing specific 2-component surface-links in S4. result Found non-isotopic splitting spheres in S4∖Lm,n. New graph invariant measures embeddability in 3D.
problem Measuring embeddability of graphs in 3D.
method Defining freeness index to measure embeddability of graph complements.
result Cubic graphs satisfying orientable cycle double cover conjecture have freeness index at least two.
In 3D space forms, a lens minimizes volume for a fixed surface area.
problem Finding the shape with minimal volume for a given surface area in 3D space forms.
method Proving a sharp reverse isoperimetric inequality for λ-convex bodies. result The λ-convex lens minimizes volume for a fixed surface area in 3D space forms. Minimal surfaces can be mapped to 3D with bounded images.
problem Mapping minimal surfaces to 3D with bounded images.
method Analyzes various types of minimal immersions into R3 and complex manifolds. result Every surface contains a Cantor set allowing bounded conformal minimal immersions.
After a review of exotic statistics for point particles in 3d BF theory, and especially 3d quantum gravity, we show that string-like defects in 4d BF theory obey exotic statistics governed by the 'loop braid group'. This group has a set of generators that switch two strings just as one would normally switch point parti…
New proof shows certain 3D shapes can't be instanton L-spaces.
problem Proving certain 3D shapes cannot be instanton L-spaces.
method Proving by gluing complements of knots and analyzing their fundamental groups.
result Proven that the resulting 3-manifold cannot be an instanton L-space.
A new method calculates the minimum volume swept by a sphere's homotopy in 3D space.
problem Finding the minimum volume swept by a sphere's homotopy in 3D space.
method Cable system approach to define and compute cable indices.
result A linear-time algorithm computes all cable indices and achieves the lower bound for the swept volume.
We construct a new family of exact quantum field theories modeled on hyperbolic geometry, called {\it quantum hyperbolic field theories} (QHFTs). The QHFTs are defined for a (2+1)-bordism category based on the set of compact oriented 3-manifolds Y, equipped with properly embedded framed links $L_\Ff$ and with flat …
The physical 3d N=2 theory T[Y] was previously used to predict the existence of some 3-manifold invariants Z^a(q) that take the form of power series with integer coefficients, converging in the unit disk. Their radial limits at the roots of unity should recover the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invari…
This paper classifies links in 3D dynamical systems.
problem Classifying links in 3D dynamical systems.
method Analyzing diffeomorphisms and link complements in S2imesS1. result Countable number of equivalence classes of tame links in S2imesS1. We study knots in 3d Chern-Simons theory with complex gauge group SL(N,C), in the context of its relation with 3d N=2 theory (the so-called 3d-3d correspondence). The defect has either co-dimension 2 or co-dimension 4 inside the 6d (2,0) theory, which is compactified on a 3-manifold M^. …
New surfaces in 3D manifolds are found that cannot be smoothly deformed into each other.
problem Finding surfaces in 3D manifolds that cannot be smoothly deformed into each other.
method Constructing infinite families of homotopic surfaces in closed genus-g surfaces, showing they are not smoothly image-concordant. result Closed surfaces with common framed dual sphere can be π1-injective but not smoothly image-concordant. The paper connects 3D manifold invariants to hyperbolic cone metrics and discrete Fourier transforms.
problem Volume conjecture for Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants of 3-manifolds with links.
method Volume conjecture, hyperbolic cone metrics, discrete Fourier transforms, change-of-pair operations.
result Volume conjecture proven for specific cases, provides approach to solving Volume Conjecture for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
Study of 3d-3d correspondence involving q-Weyl algebra and 3d-index.
problem Understanding the action of a q-Weyl algebra on the 3d-index of knots. method Investigation of the q-Weyl algebra's module action on the 3d-index, conjecturing structural properties. result Bilinear factorization, pair of linear q-difference equations, and rational function matrix for the 3d-index determination. We study S-dualities in analytically continued SL(2) Chern-Simons theory on a 3-manifold M. By realizing Chern-Simons theory via a compactification of a 6d five-brane theory on M, various objects and symmetries in Chern-Simons theory become related to objects and operations in dual 2d, 3d, and 4d theories. For example,…
3D dual field theories for Virasoro minimal models constructed using Seifert fiber spaces.
problem Constructing 3D dual field theories for Virasoro minimal models.
method 3D-3D correspondence and Seifert fiber spaces.
result 3D dual field theories constructed for Virasoro minimal models.
3D flying wings created for any angle asymptotic cones.
problem Creating 3D steady gradient Ricci solitons with any angle asymptotic cones.
method Constructing 3D flying wings for any angle asymptotic cones.
result 3D flying wings constructed for any angle asymptotic cones.
Proposes a new effective central charge for 3d N=2 theories.
problem Understanding the effective central charge in 3d N=2 theories.
method Analyzes the superconformal index to propose a new quantity and discusses its properties and computation.
result Proposes a new effective central charge for 3d N=2 theories.
Autonomous driving requires 3D perception of vehicles and other objects in the in environment. Much of the current methods support 2D vehicle detection. This paper proposes a flexible pipeline to adopt any 2D detection network and fuse it with a 3D point cloud to generate 3D information with minimum changes of the 2D d…
A {\it blink} is a plane graph with its edges being red or green. A {\it 3D-space} or, simply, a {\it space} is a connected, closed and oriented 3-manifold. In this work we explore in details, for the first time, the fact that every blink induces a space and any space is induced by some blink (actually infinitely many …
Smooth 3D flows from non-smooth starting points.
problem Creating smooth Ricci flows from non-smooth initial conditions.
method Generalized singular Ricci flow applied to 3D complete manifolds.
result Existence of smooth Ricci flows starting from non-smooth initial conditions.
3D Axial-Attention improves lung nodule classification accuracy.
problem Limited 3D attention in existing methods.
method Proposes 3D Axial-Attention network with 3D positional encoding.
result 3D Axial-Attention achieves state-of-the-art performance.
3D steady gradient Ricci solitons are all O(2)-symmetric.
problem Characterizing 3D steady gradient Ricci solitons.
method Analyzing asymptotic behavior and using O(2) symmetry.
result All 3D steady gradient Ricci solitons are O(2)-symmetric.
DreamFusion uses text-to-image diffusion models to create 3D images efficiently.
problem Lack of large-scale 3D datasets and efficient architectures for 3D synthesis.
method Adapting a 2D diffusion model to 3D synthesis using a loss based on probability density distillation.
result A 3D model can be optimized from a 2D diffusion model, allowing for text-to-3D synthesis.
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.
Holomorphic splitting theorem for Calabi-Yau manifolds with specific properties.
problem Constructing a complete Calabi-Yau metric on a manifold with a specific divisor.
method Solved Monge-Ampère equation on generalized ALG manifolds, used solution to prove holomorphic splitting theorem.
result Proved biholomorphic equivalence of a Calabi-Yau manifold to a product space.
3D Convolutional Neural Networks (3D-CNN) have been used for object recognition based on the voxelized shape of an object. However, interpreting the decision making process of these 3D-CNNs is still an infeasible task. In this paper, we present a unique 3D-CNN based Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping method (3D…
Deep generative architectures provide a way to model not only images but also complex, 3-dimensional objects, such as point clouds. In this work, we present a novel method to obtain meaningful representations of 3D shapes that can be used for challenging tasks including 3D points generation, reconstruction, compression…
Graph Neural Networks improve 3D object detection in LiDAR point clouds.
problem Challenges in processing LiDAR data due to its 3D geometry and massive volume.
method Proposes a Graph Neural Network (GNN) based framework for 3D object detection.
result GNNs successfully identify objects in 3D LiDAR point clouds.
The trivial flat connection's Chern-Simons theory is resurgent, revealing its structure.
problem Understanding the resurgent structure of Chern-Simons theory at the trivial flat connection.
method Analyzing an extended square matrix of (x,q)-series to describe the resurgent structure and Stokes constants. result The resurgent structure and Stokes constants of the Chern-Simons series are completely described.
Existing networks directly learn feature representations on 3D point clouds for shape analysis. We argue that 3D point clouds are highly redundant and hold irregular (permutation-invariant) structure, which makes it difficult to achieve inter-class discrimination efficiently. In this paper, we propose a two-faceted sol…
GCDM generates valid large 3D molecules and optimizes existing molecules.
problem Lack of geometric properties in 3D molecule generation models.
method Introduces Geometry-Complete Diffusion Model (GCDM) using equivariant GNNs.
result Significantly outperforms existing models in 3D molecule generation and optimization.
Generates coherent 3D scenes from monocular videos without supervision.
problem Lack of 3D scene modeling in video generation models.
method Trains a model to generate 3D scenes with moving objects and a background from monocular videos.
result Trained model generates coherent 3D scenes with multiple moving objects and a background.