We prove the existence of Lagrangian fillings for Dn-type Legendrian links.
problem Exact Lagrangian fillings of Legendrian links of Dn-type. method Legendrian weave calculus and construction of 1-cycles.
result Existence of a Lagrangian filling represented by a weave.
The paper connects different types of Lagrangian fillings to Legendrian weaves and their sheaf quantizations.
problem Understanding and comparing different types of Lagrangian fillings of Legendrian weaves.
method Establishing new Reidemeister moves and combinatorial isotopies between Lagrangian fillings, comparing sheaf quantizations.
result Legendrian weaves generalize previously known methods to produce infinitely many distinct Lagrangian fillings.
Study Legendrian surfaces using N-graphs and flag moduli.
problem Characterize and apply Legendrian surfaces in contact geometry.
method Develop diagrammatic calculus and algebraic-geometric characterization.
result Show applications in Lagrangian concordance, exact fillings, and rational point counts.
New dg-algebras link graph colorings to sheaves.
problem Linking graph colorings to sheaves for Legendrian surfaces.
method Generalized Casals-Murphy dg-algebra to non-commutative coefficients and computed Legendrian contact dg-algebra.
result Rank r representations of dg-algebras correspond to colorings of faces in Grassmannian.
The paper connects Legendrian links to cluster algebras via microlocal methods.
problem Understanding the relationship between Legendrian links and cluster algebras.
method Microlocal parallel transport of sheaf quantizations of Lagrangian fillings.
result Existence of quasi-cluster A-structures and cluster Poisson structures. Paper characterizes isotopies and hyperbolicity of weaves using geodesics.
problem Characterizing isotopies and hyperbolicity of weaves.
method Using diagrams of closed geodesics and normal positions of essential surfaces.
result Weaves are hyperbolic and cannot have essential Conway spheres.
This paper classifies periodic weaves and their universal cover, extending Tait's conjectures.
problem Classifying periodic weaves and their universal cover in thickened surfaces.
method Introducing hyperbolic periodic weaves, extending Tait's conjectures, and using a generalized Kauffman bracket polynomial.
result Tait's conjectures are extended to minimal reduced alternating weaving motifs.
Weaving knots are alternating knots with the same projection as torus knots, and were conjectured by X.-S. Lin to be among the maximum volume knots for fixed crossing number. We provide the first asymptotically correct volume bounds for weaving knots, and we prove that the infinite weave is their geometric limit.
Study links weaving knots with polynomial coefficients and lattice numbers.
problem Understanding polynomial coefficients of weaving knots and their lattice counterparts.
method Established relationships between Jones and Chebyshev polynomials, and derived explicit formulas for Alexander polynomials.
result Proved coefficients of Jones polynomial are Whitney numbers of Lucas lattices and satisfied Fox's trapezoidal conjecture.
Algorithm constructs and classifies weaving diagrams using combinatorial methods.
problem Classifying unique weaving diagrams with over/under information.
method Systematic algorithm based on tiling and crossing matrices.
result Classification of periodic structures based on minimum crossings.
This paper classifies a specific weave type by their crossing number.
problem Classifying doubly periodic untwisted (p,q)-weaves.
method Classification by crossing number, introducing crossing matrix for equivalence.
result Classification of untwisted (p,q)-weaves by their crossing number.
Study on bounds of knot untangling for specific types of knots.
problem Determining upper limits for knot untangling.
method Defined warping degree, examined diagrams combinatorially.
result Upper bounds for unknotting and region unknotting numbers.
Formula found for knot determinant in 3-braid weaving.
problem Determining the determinant of a specific type of knot.
method Developed a formula for the determinant of the twisted generalized hybrid weaving knot.
result Proved a conjecture about the knot's determinant.
The paper calculates properties of weaving knots and their unknotting numbers.
problem Calculating properties of specific weaving knots.
method Deriving formulae for knot determinants and homology groups.
result Lower bounds on unknotting numbers for certain weaving knots.
Weaved helices form mechanically stable 3D structures.
problem Creating stable 3D structures from helical elements.
method Exploiting screw symmetry and invariant cylindrical rod packing to form triply periodic arrangements.
result Demonstrated nineteen triply periodic arrangements of interwoven helices.
Paper constructs motifs from planar tilings for DP weaves and polycatenanes.
problem Creating complex entangled structures from periodic tilings.
method Combinatorial methodology using polygonal link transformations.
result Predicting the type of motif from a given tiling and polygonal link method.
Computing polynomial invariants for knots and links using braid representations relies heavily on finding the trace of Hecke algebra elements. There is no easy method known for computing the trace and hence it becomes difficult to compute the known polynomial invariants of knots using their braid representations. In th…
In this paper we compute the signature for a family of knots W(k,n), the weaving knots of type (k,n). By work of E.~S.~Lee the signature calculation implies a vanishing theorem for the Khovanov homology of weaving knots. Specializing to knots W(3,n), we develop recursion relations that enable us to compute the Jo…
New method weaves paper strips for designing curved surfaces with elasticity.
problem Designing general curved surfaces with geometrical elasticity.
method Shape optimization of paper strips using nonlinear elasticity theory.
result Demonstrated creation of catenoid and helicoid surfaces with 54 paper strips.
The paper develops spectral networks in symplectic topology and their relation to Lagrangian fillings.
problem Understanding spectral networks in symplectic topology and their role in Lagrangian fillings.
method Analytic results on adiabatic degeneration of Floer trajectories and explicit computation of continuation strips.
result Established equivalence between Family Floer functor and non-abelianization functor for Lagrangian fillings with spectral networks.
In target tracking, the estimation of an unknown weaving target frequency is crucial for improving the miss distance. The estimation process is commonly carried out in a Kalman framework. The objective of this paper is to examine the potential of using neural networks in target tracking applications. To that end, we pr…
Study identifies stable configurations of intertwined threads with repulsive interactions.
problem Stable configurations of entangled systems with repulsive interactions.
method Analysis of steepest descent flow of an energy functional.
result Existence and uniqueness of stable configuration of two layers drifting apart at t1/3 rate. Machine learning is often used in virtual screening to find compounds that are pharmacologically active on a target protein. The weave module is a type of graph convolutional deep neural network that uses not only features focusing on atoms alone (atom features) but also features focusing on atom pairs (pair features);…
We investigate several conjectures in geometric topology by assembling computer data obtained by studying weaving knots, a doubly infinite family W(p,n) of examples of hyperbolic knots. In particular, we compute some important polynomial knot invariants, as well as knot homologies, for the subclass W(3,n) of this f…
Study detects a specific type of link using annular Khovanov homology.
problem Detecting a specific type of three-strand weaving link.
method Combines braid detection with rigidity theorem to determine (σ1σ2−1)N up to conjugacy. result Annular Khovanov homology detects the underlying unoriented annular link KN. We define a new algebraic structure called Legendrian racks or racks with Legendrian structure, motivated by the front-projection Reidemeister moves for Legendrian knots. We provide examples of Legendrian racks and use these algebraic structures to define invariants of Legendrian knots with explicit computational examp…
Innovative rack theory applied to Legendrian links.
problem Classifying and distinguishing Legendrian links.
method Purely rack-theoretic approach, Legendrian Reidemeister moves, cusps, homogeneous representations, modules.
result Invariant distinguishes infinitely many Legendrian unknots and trefoils.
The study finds non-simple isotopy classes of links in 3-manifolds, including Legendrian and pseudo-Legendrian examples.
problem Characterizing isotopy classes of links in 3-manifolds, especially in contact structures.
method Developed theory of links transverse to a nowhere-zero vector field, constructing examples in both Legendrian and pseudo-Legendrian settings.
result Non-simple isotopy classes of links exist, including Legendrian and pseudo-Legendrian examples.
An elementary stabilization of a Legendrian link L in the spherical cotangent bundle ST∗M of a surface M is a surgery that results in attaching a handle to M along two discs away from the image in M of the projection of the link L. A virtual Legendrian isotopy is a composition of stabilizations, destabiliz…
The Legendrian product of two Legendrian knots, as defined by Lambert-Cole, is a Legendrian torus. We show that this Legendrian torus is a twist spun whenever one of the Legendrian knot components is sufficiently large. We then study examples of Legendrian products which are not Legendrian isotopic to twist spuns. In o…
We investigate Legendrian graphs in (R3,ξstd). We extend the classical invariants, Thurston-Bennequin number and rotation number to Legendrian graphs. We prove that a graph can be Legendrian realized with all its cycles Legendrian unknots with tb=−1 and rot=0 if and only if it does not contain K4 as a mi…
4-Legendrian permutation racks can't distinguish knots but recover classical invariants.
problem Distinguishing Legendrian knots using permutation racks.
method Study of 4-Legendrian racks and their effectiveness.
result 4-Legendrian permutation racks cannot distinguish knots but recover classical invariants.
Classifies Legendrian torus and cable links, revealing symmetries and invariants.
problem Classifying Legendrian torus and cable links.
method Classification through Legendrian and transversal isotopies, symmetries analysis.
result First family of non-destabilizable links without maximal Thurston-Bennequin invariant.
The abstract discusses conjectures about virtual Legendrian knots and their relation to causality.
problem Understanding the relationship between virtual Legendrian knots and causality in spacetimes.
method Formulated conjectures and proved them in specific cases.
result Proved conjectures in 2D and (2+1)D spacetimes.
Legendrian Lavrentiev links are shown to be equivalent to smooth links.
problem Understanding equivalence of Legendrian and smooth links.
method Definition and analysis of Legendrian isotopies.
result Equivalence classes of Legendrian Lavrentiev links coincide with smooth links.
Associated to Legendrian links in the standard contact three-space, Ruling polynomials are Legendrian isotopy invariants, which also compute augmentation numbers, that is, the points-counting of augmentation varieties for Legendrian links (up to a normalized factor) \cite{HR15}. In this article, we generalize this pict…
Classifies exceptional Legendrian realizations of Hopf link connected sums.
problem Classifying exceptional Legendrian realizations of Hopf link connected sums.
method Complete coarse classification using Legendrian knot theory.
result First classification result about exceptional Legendrian representatives for Hopf link connected sums.
In this paper we study Legendrian knots in the knot types of satellite knots. In particular, we classify Legendrian Whitehead patterns and learn a great deal about Legendrian braided patterns. We also show how the classification of Legendrian patterns can lead to a classification of the associated satellite knots if th…
Introduces a Cost function to measure Legendrian knot obstructions.
problem Measuring obstructions for Legendrian knot isotopies.
method Introduces a non-negative integer-valued Cost function.
result Cost function induces a metric on topologically isotopic Legendrian knots.
Study of cable links of uniformly thick knots, revealing new isotopy phenomena.
problem Understanding Legendrian isotopy in cable links of uniformly thick knots.
method Introduced new technique of Legendrian surgeries to classify Legendrian knots in negative cables of twist knots.
result Found new phenomena of stabilized Legendrian links that are smoothly isotopic but not Legendrian isotopic.
The Gronwall conjecture states that a planar 3-web of foliations which admits more than one distinct linearizations is locally equivalent to an algebraic web. We propose an analogue of the Gronwall conjecture for the 3-web of foliations by Legendrian curves in a contact three manifold. The Legendrian Gronwall conjectur…
The study of the Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian knots was started by D. Fuchs and S. Tabachnikov who showed that the groups of complex-valued Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian and of framed knots in the standard contact R3 are canonically isomorphic. Recently we constructed the first examples where Vassiliev in…
New distances defined on Legendrian spaces without positive loops.
problem Defining distances on Legendrian spaces without positive loops.
method Constructing unbounded invariant distances on Legendrian isotopy classes.
result Invariant distances on Legendrian isotopy classes are discrete.
The study constructs and shows isotopy of high-dimensional Legendrian spheres.
problem Understanding Legendrian spheres in contact manifolds of any dimension.
method Three Legendrian sphere constructions using open books and a doubling procedure.
result These constructions are isotopic to the Legendrian unknot.
Projection maps virtual Legendrian knots to classical ones.
problem Classifying virtual Legendrian knots.
method Developed a projection operation from virtual to classical Legendrian knots.
result Virtual crossing number equals classical crossing number.
Characterizes Legendrian knots in lens spaces.
problem Classifying Legendrian knots in lens spaces.
method Splitting lens spaces and using convex Heegaard decomposition.
result All Legendrian torus knots in universally tight lens spaces are classified.
Study of strongly invertible Legendrian links in contact 3-space.
problem Characterizing and understanding strongly invertible Legendrian links.
method Equivariant analogs of basic results for strongly invertible and Legendrian links.
result Existence of maximal equivariant Thurston-Bennequin number for strongly invertible links.
Persistent Legendrian contact homology distinguishes knots using height functional.
problem Distinguishing Legendrian knots in R3. method Persistent homology applied to Chekanov-Eliashberg DGA, with height functional.
result Strong Morse inequalities for persistent Legendrian contact homology.