The dihedral genus of a knot is related to its signature and minimal surface genus.
problem Determining the dihedral genus of knots and its relation to signatures and minimal surface genus.
method Using dihedral branched covers and properties of Fox colorings, the dihedral genus is linked to the signature of the cover and the Murasugi signature of the knot.
result An infinite family of knots with minimal genus surfaces that realize the four-genus of the knot.
We construct new examples of immersed minimal surfaces with catenoid ends and finite total curvature, of both genus zero and higher genus. In the genus zero case, we classify all such surfaces with at most 2n+1 ends, and with symmetry group the natural $\bfZ_2$ extension of the dihedral group Dn. The surfaces are …
The paper constructs surfaces of high genus with three ends.
problem Creating minimal surfaces of high genus with specific properties.
method One-parameter family of minimal surfaces constructed in Euclidean 3-space.
result The family includes the Costa-Hoffman-Meeks surfaces with two catenoidal ends and a flat middle end.
Unique genus 2 minimal surface in S^3 with specific symmetry group.
problem Finding minimal surfaces in S^3 with specific symmetries.
method Analyzing isometry groups of known minimal surfaces and proving uniqueness.
result ξ_{2,1} is the unique minimal surface of genus 2 with bidihedral symmetry.
The study constructs minimal surfaces in a product space with specific properties.
problem Constructing minimal surfaces with specific topological and geometric properties in a product space.
method 1-parameter families of complete properly Alexandrov-embedded minimal surfaces with dihedral symmetry and finite total curvature.
result Examples of minimal surfaces with genus 1 and 2k ends in quotient spaces.
For fixed large genus, we construct families of complete immersed minimal surfaces in R3 with four ends and dihedral symmetries. The families exist for all large genus and at an appropriate scale degenerate to the plane.
We construct new constant mean curvature surfaces in H2xR. They arise as sister surfaces of Plateau solutions. It is a family of MC 1/2 surfaces with k ends, genus 1 and k-fold dihedral symmetry, k greater 2. The surfaces are Alexandrov- embedded.
We present a new description of the genus 3 Arnoux--Yoccoz translation surface in terms of its Delaunay polygons and show that, up to affine equivalence, it belongs to two families of surfaces whose isometry groups include the dihedral group of the square.
The article explores symmetric maps on surfaces, focusing on semi-equivelar maps.
problem Identifying and classifying semi-equivelar maps on surfaces with specific Euler characteristics.
method Analyzing automorphisms and symmetry groups of maps on higher genus surfaces.
result There are at least 39 types of semi-equivelar maps on surfaces with Euler characteristic -2m, m ≥ 2, with symmetry groups isomorphic to dihedral or cyclic groups.
Given an oriented surface of positive genus with finitely many punctures, we classify the finite orbits of the mapping class group action on the moduli space of semisimple complex special linear two dimensional representations of the fundamental group of the surface. For surfaces of genus at least two, such orbits corr…
Moebius-Kantor graph connects multiple groups and topological properties.
problem Characterize the Moebius-Kantor graph and its associated groups.
method Topological graph theory, group theory, fixed point theorem, metric space.
result The Moebius-Kantor graph (MK) has a unique algebraic group structure.
With the developments of the last decade on complete constant mean curvature 1 (CMC 1) surfaces in the hyperbolic 3-space H3, many examples of such surfaces are now known. However, most of the known examples have regular ends. (An end is irregular, resp. regular, if the hyperbolic Gauss map of the surface has an ess…
New index theory proves Gromov's dihedral conjectures.
problem Comparisons and rigidity of scalar curvatures, mean curvatures, and dihedral angles.
method Developed a new index theory for manifolds with polyhedral boundary.
result Proved Gromov's dihedral extremality and rigidity conjectures.
Study dihedral spherical surfaces and their foliations.
problem Characterize dihedral spherical surfaces and their foliations.
method Define and analyze dihedral surfaces and their foliations, introduce geometric decompositions and deformations.
result Determine the dimension of the moduli space for dihedral surfaces.
Characterizes conical angles for metrics with dihedral symmetry.
problem Understanding metrics with specific symmetry properties.
method Using recent results on local invariants of quadratic differentials.
result Complete characterization of conical angles for dihedral spherical metrics.
The paper introduces two-tone colorings for links and shows conditions for surjective dihedral representations.
problem The challenge is to find conditions for links to admit surjective dihedral representations.
method The method involves introducing two-tone colorings and providing conditions for the link groups to admit such representations.
result Any link with at least 3 components admits a surjective homomorphism to the dihedral group of arbitrary degree.
In this work we study the connection between the existence of finite dihedral covers of the projective plane ramified along an algebraic curve C, infinite dihedral covers, and pencils of curves containing C.
The paper proves a spacetime version of dihedral rigidity for cubes in 3D spacetime.
problem Proving dihedral rigidity for cubic initial data sets in 3D spacetime.
method By studying the level sets of spacetime harmonic functions and extending previous work on dihedral rigidity for prisms in hyperbolic space.
result The paper proves dihedral rigidity for cubes in 3D spacetime, extending previous results.
Smooth approximations bound dihedral angles of convex polytopes.
problem Bounding dihedral angles of convex polytopes.
method Approximating polytopes with smooth hypersurfaces and using geometric relations.
result Established lower bounds on dihedral angles.
Symmetric elastic knots are found for certain classes with dihedral symmetry.
problem Finding elastic knots with specific symmetries.
method Minimizing bending energy under dihedral symmetry constraints.
result Existence of dihedral symmetric elastic knots, including a figure-eight union for the trefoil.
Study on geodesics and dihedral groups in lattices.
problem Growth and distribution of conjugacy classes of dihedral subgroups.
method Generalizing earlier work on reciprocal geodesics, proving equidistribution.
result Reciprocal geodesics are equidistributed in the unit tangent bundle.
The equivalence (or weak equivalence) classes of orientation-preserving free actions of a finite group G on an orientable 3-dimensional handlebody of genus g can be enumerated in terms of sets of generators of G. They correspond to the equivalence classes of generating n-vectors of elements of G, where n=1+(g-1)/|G|, u…
Minimal surfaces with dihedral symmetry are studied as angles converge to zero.
problem Understanding minimal surfaces with dihedral symmetry as angles approach zero.
method Analyzing the limit of minimal surfaces in wedges with varying angles and using the implicit function theorem.
result New minimal surfaces are discovered and existence proofs are simplified.
Compute Bredon homology for a specific type of Artin groups.
problem Calculate Bredon homology for Artin groups of dihedral type.
method Compute Bredon homology groups of the classifying space for virtually cyclic subgroups with K-theory coefficients.
result Computed Bredon homology groups for Artin groups of dihedral type.
Study of quandle coloring quivers with dihedral quandles.
problem Link invariants and their enhancements using quandles.
method Introduced shadow quandle coloring quivers and cocycle quivers, studied equivalence with quandle coloring numbers and shadow quandle cocycle invariants.
result Equivalence of quandle coloring quivers with quandle coloring numbers and shadow quandle cocycle quivers with shadow quandle cocycle invariants for specific dihedral quandles.
Dihedral linking invariant uses knot colorings to distinguish knots.
problem Distinguishing knots using knot colorings and linking numbers.
method Algorithm for computing linking numbers in dihedral branched covers.
result The dihedral linking invariant distinguishes more than 98% of prime knot pairs.
Classifies orbits of Hurwitz actions on dihedral quandles.
problem Classifying orbits of Hurwitz actions on dihedral quandles.
method Introduced three computable invariants to classify orbits.
result Complete classification of orbits under Hurwitz action.
Homotopy classification for certain 4-manifolds with dihedral fundamental groups.
problem Classifying the homotopy types of specific 4-manifolds with dihedral fundamental groups.
method Using quadratic 2-type and combining with results from Hambleton-Kreck and Bauer.
result Homotopy types of finite oriented Poincaré 4-complexes are determined by their quadratic 2-type when fundamental group is dihedral.
The study characterizes torus links' coloring quivers using dihedral quandles.
problem Characterizing the structure of coloring quivers for torus links.
method Exhaustively determining all possible numbers of colorings and their interconnections.
result The quiver structure varies based on the number of colorings.
We construct many closed, embedded mean curvature self-shrinking surfaces Σg2⊆R3 of high genus g=2k, k∈N. Each of these shrinking solitons has isometry group equal to the dihedral group on 2g elements, and comes from the "gluing", i.e. desingularizing of the singular union, of th…
In this article, we prove a theorem comparing the dihedral angles of simplices in the hyperbolic, spherical and Euclidean geometries.
Minimal surfaces span periodic curves in 3D space.
problem Existence of minimal surfaces spanning periodic curves.
method Proof of existence for minimal surfaces using periodic curves in R3. result Existence of noncompact simply connected periodic minimal surfaces.
The paper creates exotic 4-manifold structures with a specific group.
problem Producing exotic structures on 4-manifolds with infinite dihedral fundamental group.
method Using specific conditions on b2+ and b2−, the paper constructs these structures. result The existence of infinite exotic structures on 4-manifolds with infinite dihedral fundamental group.
The study sets limits on dihedral angles of large hyperbolic polyhedra.
problem Establishing bounds on dihedral angles of hyperbolic Coxeter polyhedra.
method Developed a constructive procedure for Coxeter polyhedra with prescribed dihedral angles.
result Classification of ADEG-polyhedra with specific dihedral angles and no disjoint facets.
Researchers found the Wigner derivative and its inverse are equal for spherical tetrahedra.
problem Computing the relationship between dihedral angles and edge lengths in tetrahedra.
method Computed the Wigner derivative and its inverse for spherical tetrahedra.
result The Wigner derivative and its inverse are equal for spherical tetrahedra.
The paper proves rigidity for submanifolds in warped product manifolds.
problem Rigidity of submanifolds in warped product manifolds.
method Dihedral extremality and rigidity theorem for submanifolds with polyhedral boundary.
result Dihedral rigidity results for hyperbolic polyhedra in flat warped product spaces.
Proves a conjecture about prism shapes with nonnegative curvature.
problem Understanding the rigidity of prism shapes with nonnegative curvature.
method Constructing free boundary minimal hypersurfaces and extending a dimension descent idea.
result Dihedral angles of certain prisms cannot exceed Euclidean models unless isometric.
Given a closed oriented PL four-manifold X and a closed surface B embedded in X with isolated cone singularities, we give a formula for the signature of an irregular dihedral cover of X branched along B. For X simply-connected, we deduce a necessary condition on the intersection form of a simply-connected i…
Study lengths of 3-cocycles for specific quandles, finding knot properties.
problem Determining lengths of 3-cocycles for 7-dihedral and octahedral quandles.
method Analyzing specific quandles to find lengths of 3-cocycles.
result 2-twist-spun 52-knot and 4-twist-spun trefoil have triple point number eight. New methods compare Steklov eigenspaces of free boundary minimal surfaces in balls.
problem Comparing Steklov eigenspaces of free boundary minimal surfaces.
method Developed new methods to compare span of coordinate functions with Steklov eigenspace.
result Proved congruence of free boundary minimal annuli in 3D unit ball.
We obtain compact orientable embedded surfaces with constant mean curvature 0<H<21 and arbitrary genus in S2×R. These surfaces have dihedral symmetry and desingularize a pair of spheres with mean curvature 21 tangent along an equator. This is a particular case of a conjug…
The study finds all possible 3D polytopes in Riemannian 3-manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
problem Understanding the combinatorial types of 3D polytopes in specific Riemannian manifolds.
method Analysis of mean curvature convex Riemannian polyhedra with non-obtuse dihedral angles in positive scalar curvature 3-manifolds.
result Determination of combinatorial types of 3D simple convex polytopes.
We prove that, both in the hyperbolic and spherical 3-spaces, there exist nonconvex compact boundary-free polyhedral surfaces without selfintersections which admit nontrivial continuous deformations preserving all dihedral angles and study properties of such polyhedral surfaces. In particular, we prove that the volume …
We give an original analytic construction of hyperkahler ALF metrics on some ALE spaces of dihedral type, namely the spaces corresponding to minimal resolutions of Kleinian quotients relative to some binary dihedral group.
We show that a finite dihedral group does not act pseudofreely and locally linearly on a 2k-dimensional sphere, if k > 1. This answers a question of R. S. Kulkarni from 1982.
Quandles with involutions that satisfy certain conditions, called good involutions, can be used to color non-orientable surface-knots. We use subgroups of signed permutation matrices to construct non-trivial good involutions on extensions of odd order dihedral quandles. For the smallest example of order 6 that is an ex…
We prove a generalized version of the Strong Atiyah Conjecture for the infinite dihedral group W, replacing the group von Neumann algebra NW with the Hecke-von Neumann algebra N_qW.
A quandle coloring obstruction prevents a specific link from being ribbon concordant.
problem Obstructing a specific link from being ribbon concordant.
method Symmetric dihedral quandle coloring analysis.
result A symmetric dihedral quandle of order 4 cannot color a specific surface-link, obstructing ribbon concordance.