Study on polygons with fixed edge slopes and their perimeter function.
problem Characterizing and analyzing polygons with prescribed edge slopes.
method Configuration space description and perimeter as a Morse function.
result Characterization and computation of critical points and their Morse indices.
The paper improves precision matrix estimation by SLOPE, especially in high-dimensional settings.
problem Estimating precision matrices with structured edge patterns.
method Graphical SLOPE, focusing on sparsity and cluster recovery.
result The method converges to the optimal solution and accurately identifies cluster structures.
Let M be a compact, connected, orientable, irreducible 3-manifold and T an incompressible torus boundary component of M such that the pair (M,T) is not cabled. In the paper "Toroidal and Klein bottle boundary slopes" [arXiv:math/0601034] by the author it was established that for any K-incompressible tori F,F' in (M,T) …
Let M be a compact, connected, orientable, irreducible 3-manifold and T' an incompressible torus boundary component of M such that the pair (M,T') is not cabled. By a result of C. Gordon, if S and T are incompressible punctured tori in M with boundary on T' and boundary slopes at distance d, then d is at most 8, and th…
We calculate the Chern-Simons invariants of the twist knot orbifolds using the Schläfli formula for the generalized Chern-Simons function on the family of the twist knot cone-manifold structures. Following the general instruction of Hilden, Lozano, and Montesinos-Amilibia, we here present the concrete formulae and calc…
A triangulation of a compact 3-manifold is annular-efficient if it is 0-efficient and the only normal, incompressible annuli are thin edge-linking. If a compact 3-manifold has an annular-efficient triangulation, then it is irreducible, boundary-irreducible, and an-annular. Conversely, it is shown that for a compact, ir…
The Slope Conjecture is verified for a specific family of Montesinos knots.
problem Relating the degree of the colored Jones polynomial to boundary slopes of knots.
method Verification for a specific family of Montesinos knots with given conditions.
result The Slope Conjecture and Strong Slope Conjecture are confirmed for the specified knots.
The study confirms a conjecture for a specific type of knot.
problem Determining the topology of essential surfaces in knot theory.
method Analyzing twisted, generalized Whitehead doubles of knots.
result Twisted, generalized Whitehead doubles satisfy the Slope and Strong Slope Conjectures.
The slope conjecture proposed by Garoufalidis asserts that the Jones slopes given by the sequence of degrees of the colored Jones polynomials are boundary slopes. We verify the slope conjecture for graph knots, i.e. knots whose Gromov volume vanish.
Study slopes in 3-manifolds, proving conjectures about knots.
problem Understanding slopes in 3-manifolds and their implications for knots.
method Upper bounds on distances between slopes, applications to knots and surgeries.
result Bounds on boundary and degeneracy slopes for knots in 3-manifolds.
Using the Hatcher-Oertel algorithm for finding boundary slopes of Montesinos knots, we prove the Slope Conjecture and the Strong Slope Conjecture for a family of 3-tangle pretzel knots. More precisely, we prove that the maximal degrees of the colored Jones polynomial of such knots determine a boundary slope as predicte…
The study identifies characterising slopes for hyperbolic knots and proves stronger results for L-space knots.
problem Characterizing slopes of hyperbolic knots and their properties.
method Combining Lackenby's proof and Heegaard Floer homology genus bounds.
result All but finitely many slopes are characterising for hyperbolic knots and L-space knots.
Constructs Lefschetz fibrations with slopes near 2.
problem Finding Lefschetz fibrations with slopes close to 2.
method Constructs minimal, simply connected genus-g Lefschetz fibrations over the sphere.
result The infimum and supremum of slopes are not achievable.
The Links-Gould polynomial of alternating knots is shown to be log-concave and positive.
problem Verifying the positivity and log-concavity of the Links-Gould polynomial for alternating knots.
method Formulated a conjecture and verified it computationally for all 51.3 million knots with up to 19 crossings.
result All but 544 knots satisfy a stronger log-concavity condition.
Study on geometry of mountain slopes as Finsler metrics.
problem Existence and behavior of slope metrics on surfaces of revolution.
method Analysis of Finsler metrics on surfaces of revolution and comparison with Riemannian areas.
result Existence of globally defined slope metrics on surfaces of revolution.
Paper analyzes origami slope gaps and their distribution, finding a unique pattern.
problem Analyzing slope gaps in origami surfaces.
method Derived slope gap distribution of a specific origami by considering return times under the horocycle flow.
result Found a unique distribution of origami slope gaps, not a sum of scaled Hall distributions.
Study provides concrete examples of knot slopes.
problem Finding explicit characterizing slopes for knots.
method Concrete examples for the (-2,3,7)-pretzel knot.
result Explicit characterizing slopes for the knot 12n242. 2-level SLOPE improves high-dimensional inference with fewer hyperparameters.
problem High-dimensional linear regression with complex penalty sequences.
method 2-level SLOPE with three hyperparameters, reducing penalty space.
result Sharp trade-off between TPP and FDP, computationally efficient.
The Strong Slope Conjecture is proven for specific knot types.
problem Proving the Strong Slope Conjecture for various knot types.
method Using connect sums and cabling, the conjecture is shown to be closed under these operations.
result The Strong Slope Conjecture is established for graph knots.
Concerning the set of exceptional surgery slopes for a hyperbolic knot, Lackenby and Meyerhoff proved that the maximal cardinality is 10 and the maximal diameter is 8. Their proof is computer-aided in part, and both bounds are achieved simultaneously. In this note, it is observed that the diameter bound 8 implies the m…
Rejoinder on slope heuristics for model selection in regression.
problem Model selection in least-squares fixed-design regression with biased models and general noise.
method Proves the slope heuristics works even with significant bias and computes expectations for Gaussian noise.
result The slope heuristics is valid even when models are biased and noise has a general dependence structure.
New slopes identified for torus knots, improving previous results.
problem Identifying characterizing slopes for torus knots.
method Applying recent work on L-space surgeries, improving previous bounds.
result Every nontrivial L-space slope of T5,2 is characterizing for T5,2. New research shows that many slopes are characterizing for satellite knots.
problem Characterizing slopes for satellite knots.
method Detailed examination of the JSJ decomposition of a surgery along a knot, combined with other authors' constraints on surgery slopes.
result Many non-integral slopes are characterizing for composite knots.
A non-trivial slope r on a knot K in S3 is called a characterizing slope if whenever the result of r-surgery on a knot K′ is orientation preservingly homeomorphic to the result of r-surgery on K, then K′ is isotopic to K. Ni and Zhang ask: for any hyperbolic knot K, is a slope r=p/q with $|p| +…
New knots found with specific slope properties.
problem Finding knots with non-integral boundary slopes.
method Kabaya's method for boundary slopes and layered solid torus construction.
result Existence of knots with boundary slopes of any positive denominator.
New rules reduce SLOPE model fitting time by screening out irrelevant variables.
problem Expensive tuning of regularization parameter in penalized regression models.
method Strong screening rules for group-based SLOPE models.
result Significant acceleration of fitting process for Group SLOPE and sparse-group SLOPE.
Paper analyzes SLOPE via AMP, providing an asymptotically sharp analysis and algorithmic approach.
problem Analyzing SLOPE's solution under Gaussian random designs.
method Developed an asymptotically exact characterization using approximate message passing.
result AMP iterates converge to the SLOPE solution in an asymptotic sense.
Large knots have very varied boundary slopes.
problem Understanding the variability of boundary slopes in knots.
method Analyzing alternating knots and their boundary slopes.
result The ratio of boundary slope diameter to crossing number can be arbitrarily large.
Let X be a norm curve in the SL(2,C)-character variety of a knot exterior M. Let t = || b || / || a || be the ratio of the Culler-Shalen norms of two distinct non-zero classes a, b in H_1(\partial M, Z). We demonstrate that either X has exactly two associated strict boundary slopes \pm t, or else there are strict bound…
Let r_m and r_M be the least and greatest finite boundary slopes of a hyperbolic knot K in S^3. We show that any cyclic surgery slopes of K must lie in the interval (r_m - 1/2, r_M + 1/2).
Study Mazur doubles of knots and their relation to the Slope Conjecture.
problem Proving the Strong Slope Conjecture for Mazur doubles of knots.
method Analyzing Mazur doubles under certain hypotheses and using the Slope Conjecture.
result Mazur doubles of knots satisfy the Strong Slope Conjecture under certain conditions.
The study confirms conjectures about slopes of knots using knot Floer homology.
problem Verifying conjectures about non-integer characterizing slopes of knots.
method Using knot Floer homology, the study verifies conjectures for specific classes of knots.
result Almost all slopes are characterizing for many knots, and infinitely many for L-space knots. Proves existence of Lefschetz fibrations with arbitrary slopes.
problem Finding Lefschetz fibrations with specific slopes.
method Proves existence for rational numbers in (2,8) with large genus.
result Arbitrary slopes (r in (2,8)) are possible for genus-g Lefschetz fibrations.
This paper completes proofs for left orderable slopes of double twist knots.
problem Proving the left orderability of slopes for double twist knots.
method Continuous families of hyperbolic SL2(R) representations of knot groups.
result Any slope in (-4n, 4m) is a left orderable slope of C(2m+1, -2n).
The paper examines slopes and their norms in exceptional Dehn fillings.
problem Understanding slopes and norms in exceptional Dehn fillings.
method Investigates the relationship between Euclidean length and Culler-Shalen norm on horotori.
result Establishes two inequalities between Euclidean length and Culler-Shalen norm.
A slope qp is called a characterizing slope for a given knot K0 in S3 if whenever the qp-surgery on a knot K in S3 is homeomorphic to the qp-surgery on K0 via an orientation preserving homeomorphism, then K=K0. In this paper we try to find characterizing slopes for torus knots $…
Efficient packages solve SLOPE problem in multiple languages.
problem Efficiently solving SLOPE problem for various data types.
method Hybrid coordinate descent algorithm for GLMs with multiple loss functions.
result Packages outperform existing SLOPE implementations in speed.
New invariant slope for links helps complete signature formula.
problem Signature formula for splice of links.
method Developed slope invariant and computed it using various methods.
result Established close relation to Conway polynomials and Kojima-Yamasaki η-function.
No characterizing slopes for multi-component links.
problem No characterizing slopes for multi-component links.
method Demonstrated through infinitely many examples of non-homeomorphic complements.
result Infinitely many links with non-homeomorphic complements.
Formula found for energy slope in complex geometry.
problem Calculating the asymptotic slope of a K-energy.
method Established a formula for the asymptotic slope.
result Found a formula for the asymptotic slope of α-K-energy.
The paper studies slopes for knot fillings with left-orderable fundamental groups.
problem Understanding slopes for knot fillings with left-orderable fundamental groups.
method Using the Riley polynomial and root analysis, the paper computes and conjectures on slopes.
result The paper computes the range of rational slope r for left-orderable fillings of two-bridge knots. Proving a conjecture for a specific type of knots.
problem Relating knot polynomial degrees to surface slopes.
method Using state-formula and Hatcher-Oertel algorithm.
result Matches parameters of knot polynomials with surface parameters.
Gradient flows on graphons converge to curves on graphon space.
problem Optimizing functions on large, exchangeable graphs.
method Euclidean gradient flow on edge weights converges to a curve on graphon space.
result Gradient flows on graphons can be described as curves of maximal slope on graphon space.
A new fast algorithm solves SLOPE optimization problem.
problem Inefficient algorithms for SLOPE optimization in high dimensions.
method Combines proximal gradient descent and proximal coordinate descent steps.
result Our method outperforms competing algorithms in benchmarks.
We describe an algorithm for computing boundary slopes of 2-bridge links. As an example, we work out the slopes of the links obtained by 1/k surgery on one component of the Borromean rings. A table of all boundary slopes of all 2-bridge links with 10 or less crossings is also included.
The slope invariant is shown to be unchanged by concordance of colored links.
problem Describing the concordance of colored links with a distinguished component.
method Proved the slope invariant is invariant under concordance using C-complexes and generalized Seifert forms.
result The slope invariant is invariant under concordance of links.
Verify knot polynomial conjectures for specific knots.
problem Relate knot polynomial degree to surfaces in knot complements.
method Analyze 3-string Montesinos knots under specified conditions.
result Verify Slope and Strong Slope Conjectures for these knots.
SLOPE outperforms LASSO in low noise scenarios but is suboptimal in large noise scenarios.
problem Sparse linear regression with high-dimensional data.
method Characterized SLOPE's estimation error under specific conditions and compared it with LASSO and bridge regression.
result SLOPE is optimal for low noise scenarios but suboptimal in large noise scenarios.