Study calculates instanton Floer homology for surgeries on L-space knots.
problem Computing the framed instanton Floer homology of surgeries on L-space knots.
method Used Baldwin-Sivek contact invariant and proved homogeneity of the invariant.
result Framed instanton Floer homology agrees with Heegaard Floer homology for L-space knots.
Proves properties of instanton knot Floer homology and connected sum formula.
problem Properties of instanton knot Floer homology.
method General properties of sutured Floer theories, Heegaard Floer and monopole Floer settings.
result Connected sum formula for instanton knot Floer homology.
Instanton Floer homology matches Heegaard Floer for almost-rational plumbings.
problem Matching instanton Floer homology with Heegaard Floer for specific 3-manifolds.
method Utilizes lattice homology and a recent cobordism map decomposition theorem.
result Isomorphism between framed instanton Floer homology and Heegaard Floer for almost-rational plumbings.
Proves exact triangle linking knot instanton Floer homology to surgeries.
problem Relating knot instanton Floer homology to surgeries.
method Proves an exact triangle using integer coefficients.
result Poincaré Homology Sphere is not an instanton L-space with integer coefficients.
New technique connects instanton Floer homology to Heegaard diagrams for knots and 3-manifolds.
problem Accessing structural properties of instanton Floer homology.
method Developed a new technique using Heegaard diagrams and sutures.
result Established a relation between instanton knot homology and Heegaard diagrams for (1,1)-knots. Study calculates Floer homology for binary polyhedral spaces.
problem Calculating Floer homology for specific polyhedral spaces.
method Equivariant instanton Floer homology, modified algebraic construction.
result Equivariant instanton Floer homology values for binary polyhedral spaces.
Paper generalizes sutured Floer homologies with new algorithms and polytopes.
problem Computing and understanding sutured Floer homologies for complex manifolds.
method Grading shifting property, algorithms, polytopes, canonical decompositions.
result Established new bounds and detection results for sutured Floer homologies.
New instanton Floer homology for sutured manifolds with tangles defined.
problem Defining instanton Floer homology for complex geometric structures.
method Extending excision theorems to handle singularities and tangles.
result Detection of unlink and trivial braid closures in annular Khovanov homology.
Study calculates ring structure in instanton homology for a surface with points.
problem Calculating the ring structure in instanton homology for a surface with points.
method Used singular instanton Floer homology and excision formula.
result Proved an excision formula for instanton Floer homology when n=1.
New formula splits instanton Floer homology invariants.
problem Expressing Seiberg-Witten invariants in terms of other invariants.
method Observation of a splitting formula in instanton Floer homology.
result A new formula for instanton Floer homology invariants.
For any link of two components in an integral homology sphere, we define an instanton Floer homology whose Euler characteristic is the linking number between the components of the link. We relate this Floer homology to the Kronheimer-Mrowka instanton Floer homology of knots. We also show that, for two-component links i…
Paper proves depth bounds for taut foliations using instanton Floer homology.
problem Finding depth bounds for taut foliations in sutured manifolds.
method Sutured instanton Floer homology, adapted to monopole and Heegaard Floer settings.
result Dimension of sutured instanton Floer homology bounds minimal depth of taut foliations.
Unified tau invariants in instanton and monopole Floer theories.
problem Unified tau invariants in instanton and monopole Floer theories.
method Identified τ_{G} with τ_{G}^{\sharp} via cobordism maps.
result Identified τ_{G} with τ_{G}^{\sharp} via cobordism maps.
Study instanton Floer homology for links in RP^3 and use it to detect knots.
problem Detecting knots in RP3 using instanton Floer homology. method Compute instanton Floer homology for links in RP3 and use spectral sequences. result Khovanov homology detects the unknot and projective unknot in RP3. Khovanov homology can identify trefoil knots.
problem Detecting trefoil knots using Khovanov homology.
method Floer homology, contact geometry, open books, instanton Floer setting, bypass exact triangle, spectral sequence.
result Khovanov homology detects trefoils.
New homology theory for instantons, defined and analyzed.
problem Understanding instanton structures in symplectic geometry.
method Definition and analysis of twisted Symplectic Instanton homology, fitting into Floer Field theory.
result Properties of the new homology invariant for connected sums and Dehn surgery.
New homological action on sutured instanton homology defined.
problem Detecting link splitting in knot homology.
method Defining a homological action on sutured instanton Floer homology.
result Instanton knot homology detects link splitting for two-component links.
Study of SU(N)-instanton Floer homology and its behavior under Dehn surgery.
problem Behavior of SU(N)-instanton Floer homology under Dehn surgery. method Construction of surgery exact triangles and tetragons/pentagons for SU(3) and SU(4) instanton Floer homologies, construction of asymptotically cylindrical metrics on ALE spaces. result SU(N)-instanton Floer homology admits a surgery exact (N+1)-gon. New symplectic instanton homology constructed via traceless character varieties.
problem Constructing symplectic instanton homology for 3-manifolds.
method Using traceless character varieties to define a Lagrangian Floer invariant.
result Symplectic instanton homology conjecturally equivalent to a gauge theoretic variant.
Given a closed, connected, oriented 3-manifold with positive first Betti number, one can define an instanton Floer group as well as a quilted Lagrangian Floer group. The quilted Atiyah-Floer conjecture states that these cohomology groups are isomorphic. We initiate a program for proving this conjecture.
Study uses instanton Floer theory to find definite lattices from certain 4-manifolds.
problem Determining definite lattices from smooth 4-manifolds bounded by homology 3-spheres.
method Extends Froyshov's methods using instanton Floer theory.
result Identifies specific definite lattices for +1 surgery on the (2,5) torus knot.
Khovanov-Floer theories are shown to be invariant under mutation.
problem Invariance of Khovanov-Floer theories under Conway mutation.
method Spectral sequences from Khovanov homology and proofs of conjectures.
result Strong Khovanov-Floer theories are mutation-invariant.
New cobordism maps for instanton knot homology help compute surgeries on knots.
problem Computing surgeries on knots using instanton knot homology.
method Construct cobordism maps for instanton knot homology.
result Compute the framed instanton Floer homology of certain knots.
Sutured instanton homology uses Heegaard diagrams to bound homology dimensions.
problem Bounding the dimension of sutured instanton homology.
method Using admissible Heegaard diagrams, proving a bound on the number of generators of the associated sutured Heegaard Floer complex.
result Strong L-spaces are instanton L-spaces.
New proofs of knot detection using instanton Floer homology.
problem Detecting specific knots using homology theories.
method Using instanton Floer homology instead of knot Floer homology.
result Proves detection of specific knots using instanton homology.
We construct a spectral sequence from the reduced odd Khovanov homology of a link converging to the framed instanton homology of the double cover branched over the link, with orientation reversed. Framed instanton homology counts certain instantons on the cylinder of a 3-manifold connect-summed with a 3-torus. En route…
Formulates a strategy to prove Atiyah-Floer conjecture.
problem Relate instanton Floer homology and Lagrangian Floer homology.
method Develops a strategy to construct the desired isomorphism.
result Formulates a possible approach to address singular space of flat connections.
Study uses instanton Floer theory to obstruct knot unknotting operations.
problem Obstructing knot unknotting operations and ribbon concordance.
method Equivariant singular instanton Floer theory with Chern--Simons filtration.
result For a large class of slice knots, any unknotting sequence must contain both signs.
Proves a formula for instanton Floer homology of knots.
problem Calculating changes in instanton Floer homology for knots.
method Uses sutured instanton homology and the octahedral lemma.
result Derives an integral surgery formula for framed instanton homology.
This work extends knot homology theory to links, proving exact triangles and categorifying link signatures.
problem Extending knot homology theory to links and proving exact triangles.
method Equivariant singular instanton Floer theory, circle-equivariant Morse-Floer theory, cobordism constructions.
result Established unoriented skein exact triangles and categorified link signatures.
The paper examines 2-torsion in instanton Floer homology for knots and 3-manifolds.
problem Existence of 2-torsion in instanton Floer homology for knots and 3-manifolds.
method Analyzes framed and singular instanton Floer homology, uses lemmas from Heegaard Floer theory.
result Shows existence of 2-torsion in instanton Floer homology for various knots and 3-manifolds.
Defines knot concordance invariant using instanton homology and Donaldson invariants.
problem Knot concordance and its classification.
method Defines an invariant φ for knots in the 3-sphere using Donaldson invariants and Floer's instanton homology. result The invariant φ coincides with a special case of an invariant defined by Froyshov. New method proves cosmetic surgery conjecture for certain knots.
problem Proving the cosmetic surgery conjecture for specific knots.
method Using filtered instanton homology and Chern-Simons filtration.
result Reduced the conjecture to surgeries of ±2 on genus 2 knots. New proof shows L-space knots are fibered and have specific properties.
problem Proving L-space knots are fibered and have strong quasipositive properties.
method Conceptually simpler proof using Heegaard Floer homology, translated to instanton Floer homology.
result Generalization of L-space knot properties to other Floer homologies.
This paper studies knots in sutured manifolds achieving minimum instanton homology rank.
problem Properties of knots achieving minimum instanton homology rank in sutured manifolds.
method Analyzes sutured manifolds and instanton homology to find knots achieving minimum rank.
result Knots achieving minimum instanton homology rank in sutured manifolds are the unknot.
Paper classifies Heegaard Floer minimal knots in sutured manifolds.
problem Classifying minimal knots in sutured manifolds.
method Uses Heegaard Floer homology.
result Agrees with instanton Floer homology classification when applicable.
The instanton Floer homology of a knot in the three-sphere is a vector space with a canonical mod 2 grading. It carries a distinguished endomorphism of even degree,arising from the 2-dimensional homology class represented by a Seifert surface. The Floer homology decomposes as a direct sum of the generalized eigenspaces…
The study connects knot representations to Seifert hypersurfaces and instanton Floer homology.
problem Existence of Seifert hypersurfaces and irreducible representations for 2-knots.
method Quantitative instanton Floer homology and related techniques.
result Existence of at least four irreducible SU(2) representations for certain knots.
We consider a family of corks, denoted Wn, constructed by Akbulut and Yasui. Each cork gives rise to an exotic structure on a smooth 4-manifold via a twist τ on its boundary Σn=∂Wn. We compute the instanton Floer homology of Σn and show that the map induced on the instanton Floer homology by $τ: Σ…
New knot homology theory from symplectic geometry.
problem Developing a symplectic counterpart to instanton knot homology.
method Using symplectic character varieties and Floer homology, a new invariant for knots in 3-manifolds is constructed.
result Symplectic instanton knot homology (SIK) is a new invariant of knots and links in 3-manifolds.
We define an invariant of contact 3-manifolds with convex boundary using Kronheimer and Mrowka's sutured instanton Floer homology theory. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first invariant of contact manifolds -- with or without boundary -- defined in the instanton Floer setting. We prove that our invariant vani…
Computes upper bounds for instanton knot homology.
problem Computing the exact dimension of instanton knot homology.
method Developed an algorithm using knot diagrams and Heegaard diagrams.
result Algorithm provides sharp bounds for knots up to seven crossings.
New method uses Floer homology to create exotic disk pairs.
problem Creating exotic disk pairs in 4-manifolds.
method Singular instanton Floer homology with Chern--Simons filtration.
result Constructs exotic pairs of slice disks and knots.
New instanton homology theories for 3-manifolds and bundles.
problem Defining instanton homology for a class of 3-manifolds and bundles.
method Functorial construction for 4-manifold cobordisms, algebraic construction of homology theories for dg-modules.
result Isomorphic to Floer's instanton homology for admissible bundles, calculates I∞ in all cases it is defined. Obstruction found for embedding 3-spheres into a specific 4-manifold.
problem Embedding homology 3-spheres into homology S3imesS1. method Filtered instanton Floer cohomology, Z-fold covering space, instantons. result An obstruction element in filtered instanton Floer cohomology.
The paper introduces new knot invariants using singular instanton gauge theory.
problem Developing new knot invariants using singular instanton gauge theory.
method Using SU(2) singular instanton gauge theory, the paper constructs invariants and Morse chain complexes. result The constructions lead to a triad of groups and several concordance invariants.
New approach solves problems in gauge theory and symplectic geometry.
problem Instanton Floer homology and Lagrangian Floer theory.
method Combination of cobordism type argument and homological algebra.
result Various problems solved and proofs simplified.
We show that there is a well-defined cap-product structure on the Fintushel-Stern spectral sequence. Hence we obtain the induced cap-product structure on the ${\BZ}_8$-graded instanton Floer homology. The cap-product structure provides an essentially new property of the instanton Floer homology, from a topological poin…