arXiv research

Study Kuperberg invariants for sutured manifolds using Fox calculus and Reidemeister torsion.

Goeritz and Seifert matrices derived from Dehn presentations.

We construct solutions to the set-theoretic Yang-Baxter equation using braid group representations in free group automorphisms and their Fox differentials. The method resembles the extensions of groups and quandles.

Study geometric characterization of asymptotic pseudodifferential calculus on spinor bundles.

Formula for Alexander polynomial of twisted torus knots derived.

Quantum invariant constructed for sutured 3-manifolds using Hopf superalgebra.

The classical Getzler rescaling theorem is extended to the transverse geometry of foliations. More precisely, a Getzler rescaling calculus, as well as a Block-Fox calculus of asymptotic operators, is constructed for all transversely spin foliations. This calculus applies to operators of degree $m$ globally times degree…

Researchers link knot Floer homology, Burau representation, and quantum gl(1|1).

We use Fox calculus to assign a marked polytope to a `nice' group presentation with two generators and one relator. Relating the marked vertices to Novikov-Sikorav homology we show that they determine the Bieri-Neumann-Strebel invariant of the group. Furthermore we show that in many cases the marked polytope is an inva…

The paper studies Fox pairings of Poincaré duality groups using group cohomology.

This is a survey of Magnus representations with particular emphasis on their applications to mapping class groups and monoids (groups) of homology cobordisms of surfaces. In the first half, we begin by recalling the basics of the Fox calculus and overview Magnus representations for automorphism groups of free groups an…

This article is a standalone introduction to sutured Floer homology for graduate students in geometry and topology. It is divided into three parts. The first part is an introductory level exposition of Lagrangian Floer homology. The second part is a construction of Heegaard Floer homology as a special, and slightly mod…

The paper computes groups and modules for wheel graphs using Fibonacci and Chebyshev polynomials.

In 1976 Thurston associated to a $3$-manifold $N$ a marked polytope in $H_1(N;\mathbb{R}),$ which measures the minimal complexity of surfaces representing homology classes and determines all fibered classes in $H^1(N;\mathbb{R})$. Recently the first and the last author associated to a presentation $π$ with two generato…

Log-concave coefficient sequences for two-bridge knots proved.

Study on knots using 17 colors, finding specific color assignments.

Fox-Milnor theorem extended to knots in thickened surfaces.

We introduce a notion of a Fox pairing in a group algebra and use Fox pairings to define automorphisms of the Malcev completions of groups. These automorphisms generalize to the algebraic setting the action of the Dehn twists in the group algebras of the fundamental groups of surfaces. This work is inspired by the Kawa…

This paper has two-fold goal: it provides gentle introduction to Knot Theory starting from 3-coloring, the concept introduced by R. Fox to allow undergraduate students to see that the trefoil knot is non-trivial, and ending with statistical mechanics. On the way we prove various (old and new) facts about knots. We rela…

The paper explores knot theory from Fox colorings to Yang-Baxter homology.

The paper generalizes Kuperberg invariants using twisted Drinfeld doubles.

Relations will be described between the quandle cocycle invariant and the minimal number of colors used for non-trivial Fox colorings of knots and links. In particular, a lower bound for the minimal number is given in terms of the quandle cocycle invariant.

By the Fox's re-embedding theorem, any compact submanifold of the 3-sphere can be re-embedded in the 3-sphere so that it is unknotted. It is unknown whether the Fox's re-embedding can be replaced with twistings. In this paper, we will show that any closed 2-manifold embedded in the 3-sphere can be unknotted by twisting…

The paper proves a generalized Kauffman-Harary conjecture for prime determinant links.

New Vassiliev invariant of order three derived from Fox-Hatcher cycles.

Study on Fox's trapezoidal conjecture for specific alternating links.

This is a sequel to [arXiv:1708.09092v2]. For an oriented trivalent graph $G$ without source or sink embedded in $S^3$, we prove that the $\mathfrak{gl}(1| 1)$-Alexander polynomial $\underlineΔ(G, c)$ defined by Viro satisfies a series of relations, which we call MOY-type relations in [arXiv:1708.09092v2]. As a corolla…

We define a torsion invariant T for every balanced sutured manifold (M,g), and show that it agrees with the Euler characteristic of sutured Floer homology SFH. The invariant T is easily computed using Fox calculus. With the help of T, we prove that if (M,g) is complementary to a Seifert surface of an alternating knot, …

Study on coloring virtual tangles with integer and modular arithmetic.

Paper studies invariants of knots using logarithmic Gauss maps and character varieties.

Starting with an O(2)-principal fibration over a closed oriented surface F_g, g>=1, a 2-fold covering of the total space is said to be special when the monodromy sends the fiber SO(2) = S^1 to the nontrivial element of Z_2. Adapting D Jonhson's method [Spin structures and quadratic forms on surfaces, J London Math Soc,…

We solve a century-old conjecture about Alexander polynomials of special alternating links.

Formula calculates volume of two-bridge knots.

Mandelbrot unified diverse fields with scaling concept.

We use gauge theoretic and algebraic methods to examine sufficient conditions for smooth points on the moduli space of flat connections on a compact manifold and on the character variety of a finitely generated and presented group. We give a complete proof of the slice theorem for the action of the group of gauge trans…

Paper uses Long-Moody construction for new braid group representations.

Characterizes a specific type of alternating knot.

We introduce a norm on the real 1-cohomology of finite 2-complexes determined by the Euler characteristics of graphs on these complexes. We also introduce twisted Alexander-Fox polynomials of groups and show that they give rise to norms on the real 1-cohomology of groups. Our main theorem states that for a finite 2-com…

Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a central hyperplane arrangement in $\mathbb{C}^{n+1}$ and $H_i,i=1,2,...,d$ be the defining equations of the hyperplanes of $\mathcal{A}$. Let $f=\prod_i H_i$. There is a global Milnor fibration $F\hookrightarrow \mathbb{C}^{n+1} \setminus \mathcal{A} \xrightarrow{f} \mathbb{C}^*,$ where $F$ is ca…

Understanding non-Haken 3-manifolds is central to many current endeavors in 3-manifold topology. We describe some results for closed orientable surfaces in non-Haken manifolds, and extend Fox's theorem for submanifolds of the 3-sphere to submanifolds of general non-Haken manifolds. In the case where the submanifold has…

Algorithm calculates ribbon obstructions for colored knots.

Study Alexander polynomials of special alternating links and generalize Fox's conjecture.

This expository paper describes how the knot invariant Fox coloring can be applied to tangles.

Study algebraic concordance groups for non-trivial links.

We examine the action of the fundamental group $Γ$ of a Riemann surface with $m$ punctures on the middle dimensional homology of a regular fiber in a Lefschetz fibration, and describe to what extent this action can be recovered from the intersection numbers of vanishing cycles. Basis changes for the vanishing cycles re…

Study proves Alexander polynomials of certain 4-braid knots satisfy a conjecture and gives formulas for log-concave sequences.

Alternative proof of Alexander polynomial trapezoid conjecture using dimers.

New proof of trapezoidal property for Alexander polynomials of special alternating links.