arXiv research

The study of smoothing arcs and curves on surfaces, proving tautness and arc length spectrum properties.

The paper links set cuspidality to function regularity and flatness.

A Morse 2-function is a generic smooth map from a manifold M of arbitrary finite dimension to a surface B. Its critical set maps to an immersed collection of cusped arcs in B. The aim of this paper is to explain exactly when it is possible to move these arcs around in B by a homotopy and to give a library of examples w…

Proves constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics are very general.

The paper extends properties of smooth functions to closed sets and maps.

By an influential theorem of Boman, a function $f$ on an open set $U$ in $\mathbb R^d$ is smooth ($\mathcal C^\infty$) if and only if it is arc-smooth, i.e., $f\circ c$ is smooth for every smooth curve $c : \mathbb R \to U$. In this paper we investigate the validity of this result on closed sets. Our main focus is on s…

We introduce a useful tool for analyzing boosting algorithms called the ``smooth margin function,'' a differentiable approximation of the usual margin for boosting algorithms. We present two boosting algorithms based on this smooth margin, ``coordinate ascent boosting'' and ``approximate coordinate ascent boosting,'' w…

Study shows non-spectrality of certain curves and line segments.

We define an associative algebra AS_h(S) generated by framed arcs and links over a punctured surface S which is a quantization of the Poisson algebra C(S) of arcs and curves on S. We then construct a Poisson algebra homomorphism from C(S) to the space of smooth functions on the decorated Teichmuller space endowed with …

Paper estimates optimal ROC curve arc length and AUC, improving classification performance.

We study the pull-back of the 2-parameter family of quotient elastic metrics introduced in Mio-Srivastava-Joshi on the space of arc-length parameterized loops. This point of view has the advantage of concentrating on the manifold of arc-length parameterized curves, which is a very natural manifold when the analysis of …

Curve diffusion flow straightens curves with endpoints on intersecting lines.

Smooth maps preserve distances on specific revolution surfaces.

In this paper, we formulate a new local move on virtual knot diagram, called arc shift move. Further, we extend it to another local move called region arc shift defined on a region of a virtual knot diagram. We establish that these arc shift and region arc shift moves are unknotting operations by showing that any virtu…

In this paper we study global properties of the Wigner caustic of parameterized closed planar curves. We find new results on its geometry and singular points. In particular, we consider the Wigner caustic of rosettes, i.e. regular closed parameterized curves with non-vanishing curvature. We present a decomposition of a…

Study on unknotting twisted knots using arc shift and region arc shift moves.

It is shown that the projection image of an oriented spatial arc to any oriented plane is approximated by a unique arc diagram (up to isomorphic arc diagrams) determined from the spatial arc and the projection. In a separated paper, the knotting probability of an arc diagram is defined as an invariant under isomorphic …

We describe a general family of curved-crease folding tessellations consisting of a repeating "lens" motif formed by two convex curved arcs. The third author invented the first such design in 1992, when he made both a sketch of the crease pattern and a vinyl model (pictured below). Curve fitting suggests that this init…

NT probability measures knotting in 3D arc systems.

Non-trivialization probability of arc system in 3D space

Self-affine arcs without inner weak separation are parabolic segments.

Minimal grid diagrams for 15,735 knots with 14 crossings and arc index 14.

Counts arcs in surfaces, proving convergence of geodesic currents.

This paper calculates stick numbers for rail arcs and knot classes.

Study arcs on surfaces, focusing on topological aspects and group actions.

Listed 19,513 prime knots with arc index 12-16.

As a supplement to the authors' article "Prime knots with arc index up to 11 and an upper bound of arc index for non-alternating knots", to appear in the Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, we present minimal arc presentations of the prime knots up to arc index 11.

The grand arc graph's asymptotic dimension is shown to be infinite.

The study counts arcs on hyperbolic surfaces, providing asymptotic growth formulas.

Study self-intersections of arcs on a pair of pants, proving natural number spectrum.

Based on hyperbolic geometric considerations, Roger and Yang introduced an extension of the Kauffman bracket skein algebra that includes arcs. In particular, their skein algebra is a deformation quantization of a certain commutative curve algebra, and there is a Poisson algebra homomorphism between the curve algebra an…

Solve arc diagrams on surfaces via branched covers.

Every knot can be embedded in the union of finitely many half planes with a common boundary line in such a way that the portion of the knot in each half plane is a properly embedded arc. The minimal number of such half planes is called the arc index of the knot. We have identified all prime knots with arc index up to 1…

The paper classifies virtual links using the arc shift operation.

Expanded Legendrian knot atlas for 10-arc index knots.

Classifies arcs on a 4-punctured sphere that intersect at most once.

For any compact, connected, orientable, finite-type surface with marked points other than the sphere with three marked points, we construct a finite rigid set of its arc complex: a finite simplicial subcomplex of its arc complex such that any locally injective map of this set into the arc complex of another surface wit…

A new method joins two arcs with a degree of freedom.

Graph conditions ensure matching arc complexes are connected and hyperbolic.

Study links' arc index and Turaev genus, proving conjectures.

Minimal grid diagrams found for 13-crossing prime knots with 13 arc index.

Improves arc separation result for homogeneous spaces.

A classical combinatorial fact is that the simplicial complex consisting of disjointly embedded chords in a convex planar polygon is a sphere. For any surface F with non-empty boundary, there is an analogous complex Arc(F) consisting of suitable equivalence classes of arcs in F connecting its boundary components. The m…

The paper explores when specific knot operations simplify diagrams.

It is known that the arc index of alternating knots is the minimal crossing number plus two and the arc index of prime nonalternating knots is less than or equal to the minimal crossing number. We study some cases when the arc index is strictly less than the minimal crossing number. We also give minimal grid diagrams o…

In this paper are studied the simplest patterns of axial curvature lines (along which the normal curvature vector is at a vertex of the ellipse of curvature) near a critical point of a surface mapped into R4. These critical points, where the rank of the mapping drops from 2 to 1, occur isolated in generic one parameter…

The flip graph and arc complex of a surface are shown to have finite rigidity.

We describe unicorn paths in the arc graph and show that they form 1-slim triangles and are invariant under taking subpaths. We deduce that all arc graphs are 7-hyperbolic. Considering the same paths in the arc and curve graph, this also shows that all curve graphs are 17-hyperbolic, including closed surfaces.