The paper extends a connected-sum inequality to calculate λ-Yamabe invariants of certain manifolds.
problem Calculating λ-Yamabe invariants for specific compact manifolds with boundary.
method Generalizing Kobayashi's connected-sum inequality and applying it to specific manifolds.
result The paper proves that certain manifolds have the same λ-Yamabe invariants as the hemi-sphere.
Proves strict inequality for minimizers of Willmore energy under isoperimetric constraints.
problem Minimizing the Willmore energy under isoperimetric constraints.
method Connected sum approach, building on previous work by Keller-Mondino-Rivière.
result Existence of minimizers for the isoperimetric constrained Willmore problem in every genus.
We give inequalities for the Manolescu invariants α,β,γ under the connected sum operation. We compute the Manolescu invariants of connected sums of some Seifert fiber spaces. Using these same invariants, we provide a proof of Furuta's Theorem, the existence of a Z∞ subgroup of the homology cobordism …
Study shows certain knots cannot bound disks in specific 4-manifolds.
problem Understanding which knots can bound disks in certain 4-manifolds.
method Used a real version of the 10/8-inequality to prove results.
result 3-fold and 6-fold connected sums of a specific knot cannot bound disks in specified 4-manifolds.
Researchers found a quadratic estimate for embedding higher-dimensional simplices into sphere-connected sums.
problem Estimating the number of handles required for embedding higher-dimensional simplices into sphere-connected sums.
method Combining geometric topology, combinatorics, and linear algebra.
result Presented a quadratic estimate g≥ckn2 for embedding k-faces of n-simplex. The Lusternik-Schnirelmann category and topological complexity are important invariants of manifolds (and more generally, topological spaces). We study the behavior of these invariants under the operation of taking the connected sum of manifolds. We give a complete answer for the LS-categoryof orientable manifolds, $\c…
Paper proves a symplectic inequality using trisections and contact geometry.
problem Proving a symplectic inequality for 4-manifolds.
method Used contact geometry and trisections to reduce to slice-Bennequin inequality, proving with Khovanov homology.
result Gauge-theory-free proofs of landmark 4-manifold topology results.
The paper proves a spin manifold's 4D quasi-Einstein satisfies Hitchin-Thorpe inequality.
problem Proving a specific inequality for a class of 4D manifolds.
method Analyzing properties of gradient m-quasi-Einstein manifolds, focusing on spin structures. result Compact 4D spin gradient m-quasi-Einstein manifolds satisfy the Hitchin-Thorpe Inequality when m≥1. It has been conjectured that the algebraic crossing number of a link is uniquely determined in minimal braid representation. This conjecture is true for many classes of knots and links. The Morton-Franks-Williams inequality gives a lower bound for braid index. And sharpness of the inequality on a knot type implies the …
We shall prove a new non-vanishing theorem for the stable cohomotopy Seiberg-Witten invariant of connected sums of 4-manifolds with positive first Betti number. The non-vanishing theorem enables us to find many new examples of 4-manifolds with non-trivial stable cohomotopy Seiberg-Witten invariants and it also gives a …
We extend the definition of Khovanov-Lee homology to links in connected sums of S1×S2's, and construct a Rasmussen-type invariant for null-homologous links in these manifolds. For certain links in S1×S2, we compute the invariant by reinterpreting it in terms of Hochschild homology. As applications…
The study characterizes homology 4-manifolds with g2≤5 combinatorially.
problem Characterizing homology 4-manifolds with specific g2 values. method Combinatorial approach using various operations on triangulated 4-spheres.
result Homology 4-manifolds with g2≤5 are triangulated spheres and can be derived from 4-spheres with g2≤2. We determine the Seiberg-Witten-Floer homology groups of the three-manifold which is the product of a surface of genus g≥1 times the circle, together with its ring structure, for spin-c structures which are non-trivial on the three-manifold. We give applications to computing Seiberg-Witten invariants of four-man…
In this work we construct a sequence of Riemannian metrics on the three-sphere with scalar curvature greater than or equal to 6 and arbitrarily large widths. Our procedure is based on the connected sum construction of positive scalar curvature metrics due to Gromov and Lawson. We develop analogies between the area of…
Connected sum affects crossing numbers of flat virtual knots.
problem Understanding how connected sum impacts the crossing numbers of flat virtual knots.
method Analyzing minimal crossing diagrams and using super-additivity properties.
result Crossing number of flat virtual knots is super-additive under connected sum.
We show that the minimal volume entropy of closed manifolds remains unaffected when nonessential manifolds are added in a connected sum. We combine this result with the stable cohomotopy invariant of Bauer-Furuta in order to present an infinite family of four-manifolds with the following properties: 1) They have positi…
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.
Study shows Dehn twists on certain 4-manifolds cannot be realized by finite order diffeomorphisms.
problem Realization of Dehn twists as finite order diffeomorphisms on spin 4-manifolds.
method Use Y. Kato's 10/8-type inequality for involutions and its refinement.
result Dehn twists about specific spheres in certain 4-manifolds are not homotopic to finite order diffeomorphisms.
We show that a band-connected sum of knots K0 and K1 along a band b is equal to the connected sum K0#K1 if and only if b is a trivial band.
Knots' Morse-Novikov number behaves additively under connected sum and unchanged by cabling.
problem Behavior of Morse-Novikov number under knot operations.
method Additivity under connected sum and invariance under cabling.
result Morse-Novikov number is additive under connected sum and unchanged by cabling.
Proofs knot homology connected sums using grid complexes.
problem Proving Künneth formula for knot Floer homology of connected sums.
method Constructs a quasi-isomorphism of grid chain complexes.
result Functorial behavior of Legendrian and transverse invariants under connected sum.
New method proves Jones Polynomial's connect sum property.
problem Jones Polynomial's behavior under connect sums.
method Trip matrix method for calculating Jones Polynomial.
result Jones Polynomial is multiplicative under connect sums.
Contact connected sums do not increase support genus.
problem Understanding how support genus changes under contact connected sums.
method Analyzing the support genus of contact connected sums of 3-manifolds.
result The support genus of contact connected sums is at most the maximum of the summands' support genera.
A simplified proof for embedding higher-dimensional complexes into manifolds.
problem Embedding higher-dimensional complexes into manifolds with constraints.
method A short and accessible proof for the Patak-Tancer theorem.
result A simplified proof for the Heawood inequality in higher dimensions.
Proves a general connected sum formula for families Seiberg-Witten invariants.
problem Limited connected sum formulae for families Seiberg-Witten theory.
method Develops a general connected sum formula incorporating previous results.
result Proves a new connected sum formula for Seiberg-Witten families.
Genus 3 Heegaard groups of lens space connected sums are finitely generated.
problem Understanding the structure of mapping class groups of genus 3 Heegaard splittings.
method Proved finitely generated property through connected reducing sphere complexes.
result Mapping class groups are finitely generated and complexes are connected.
Researchers solved a conjecture about a mathematical structure of connected sums of solid tori.
problem Determining the structure of Kauffman bracket skein module of connected sums of solid tori.
method Used algebraic methods over the ring of Laurent polynomials to prove the conjecture.
result Proved a conjecture about the Kauffman bracket skein module of connected sums of genus one handlebodies.
We prove a formula for the conjugation action on the knot Floer complex of the connected sum of two knots. Using the formula we construct a homomorphism from the smooth concordance group to an abelian group consisting of chain complexes with homotopy automorphisms, modulo an equivalence relation. Using our connected su…
We define the generalized connected sum for generic closed plane curves, generalizing the strange sum defined by Arnold, and completely describe how the Arnold invariants J± and St behave under the generalized connected sums.
We study connected sum at infinity on smooth, open manifolds. This operation requires a choice of proper ray in each manifold summand. In favorable circumstances, the connected sum at infinity operation is independent of ray choices. For each m at least 3, we construct an infinite family of pairs of m-manifolds on whic…
4-manifolds can be exotic after connected sum with S^2 x S^2.
problem Existence of exotic contractible 4-manifolds.
method Constructed a cork that remains exotic after connected sum with S^2 x S^2.
result Existence of exotic pair of contractible 4-manifolds.
Paper disproves a theorem about Kauffman bracket skein module structure.
problem Disproving a 22-year-old theorem about Kauffman bracket skein module structure.
method Analyzing handle slidings on compressing discs in handlebodies.
result More relations found than previously predicted for connected sum of handlebodies.
Formula connects knot complements' invariants.
problem Understanding invariants of knot complements.
method Proposed a connect sum formula for two-variable series invariants.
result Numerical evidence supports the formula for various torus knots.
We show that if a fibered knot K is expressed as a band--connected sum of K1,…,Kn, then each Ki is fibered, and the genus of K is greater than or equal to that of the connected sum of K1,…,Kn.
Weyl energy decreases for connected sums of certain four-manifolds.
problem Finding metrics with minimized Weyl energy on connected sums of four-manifolds.
method Proving existence of a metric on the connected sum with strictly smaller Weyl energy than the sum of energies of the original manifolds.
result Weyl energy of the connected sum is strictly smaller than the sum of energies of the original manifolds.
We prove that transversal non-simplicity is preserved under taking connect sum, generalizing Vertesi's result.
Connected sum of manifolds preserves Ricci lower bounds.
problem Proving connected sum of manifolds with spectral Ricci lower bounds.
method Geometric construction resembling Gromov-Lawson tunnel, focusing on γ>n−2n−1. result Connected sum M#N also admits a metric satisfying the Ricci lower bound condition. The article provides formulas for the number of terms in connected sums of sphere products associated with dual-neighborly polytopes.
problem Understanding the number of terms in the connected sums of sphere products associated with dual-neighborly polytopes.
method Combinatorial operations and formulas for the number of terms in the connected sums of sphere products.
result Formulas for the number of terms in the connected sums of sphere products associated with dual-neighborly polytopes.
The paper studies grid homology for spatial graphs and proves a Künneth formula for connected sums.
problem Understanding grid homology for spatial graphs with various types of edges.
method Developed grid homology for spatial graphs with cut edges and applied it to prove a Künneth formula for connected sums.
result A Künneth formula for knot Floer homology of connected sums is proven using grid homology.
The paper defines and analyzes the adjoint Reidemeister torsion for connected sums of knots.
problem Defining and analyzing the adjoint Reidemeister torsion for connected sums of knots.
method Defined a natural way to compute the adjoint Reidemeister torsion for high-dimensional components of the character variety.
result The adjoint Reidemeister torsion is locally constant and satisfies the vanishing identity.
The study allows for connected sums in manifolds with positive intermediate Ricci curvature.
problem Performing connected sums in manifolds with positive intermediate Ricci curvature.
method Introducing and utilizing k-core metrics to show the possibility of connected sums. result Connected sums are possible under certain conditions involving k-core metrics. The paper improves bounds on topological complexity for certain manifolds.
problem Determining bounds on topological complexity for specific manifolds.
method Analyzing cohomology classes and their pullbacks, using Gromov norm.
result Improved bounds on topological complexity for connected sums.
When two boundary-parabolic representations of knot groups are given, we introduce the connected sum of these representations and show several natural properties including the unique factorization property. Furthermore, the complex volume of the connected sum is the sum of each complex volumes modulo iπ2 and the twi…
We study Legendrian singular links up to contact isotopy. Using a special property of the singular points, we define the singular connected sum of Legendrian singular links. This concept is a generalization of the connected sum and can be interpreted as a tangle replacement, which provides a way to classify Legendrian …
We investigate the boundness of the Riesz transform on Lp for connected sum of manifolds where the Riesz transform is bounded on Lp.
The study characterizes 3D manifolds using specific Morse-Bott functions.
problem Characterizing 3D manifolds represented as connected sums of Lens spaces, S2imesS1, and torus bundles. method Using Morse-Bott functions to classify the manifolds.
result Explicit characterization of the manifolds via certain Morse-Bott functions.
We prove the Weinstein conjecture for non-trivial contact connected sums under either of two topological conditions: non-trivial fundamental group or torsion-free homology.
We prove that the connected sum of two links is quasipositive if and onlyif each summand is quasipositive. The prove is based on the filling disk technique