arXiv research

The paper studies grid homology for spatial graphs and proves a Künneth formula for connected sums.

We compute the connected Heegaard Floer homology (defined by Hendricks, Hom, and Lidman) for a large class of 3-manifolds, including all linear combinations of Seifert fibered homology spheres. We show that for such manifolds, the connected Floer homology completely determines the local equivalence class of the associa…

For each rational homology 3-sphere $Y$ which bounds simply connected definite 4-manifolds of both signs, we construct an infinite family of irreducible rational homology 3-spheres which are homology cobordant to $Y$ but cannot bound any simply connected definite 4-manifold. As a corollary, for any coprime integers $p,…

New homology theory connects graph domination to subtle algebraic structures.

We partially solve the conjecture by A.Shumakovitch about torsion in the Khovanov homology of prime, non-split links in S^3. We give a size restriction on the Khovanov homology of almost alternating links. We relate the Khovanov homology of the connected sum of a link diagram and the Hopf link with the Khovanov homolog…

Proves properties of instanton knot Floer homology and connected sum formula.

We completely determine which simply connected rational homology 5-spheres admit Sasaki-Einstein metrics.

Study Brieskorn spheres using Floer homology, generating infinite rank summands in homology cobordism.

Proofs knot homology connected sums using grid complexes.

New connection found between shape reconstruction methods and persistent homology.

In this paper we demonstrate the existence of Sasakian-Einstein structures on certain 2-connected rational homology 7-spheres. These appear to be the first non-regular examples of Sasakian-Einstein metrics on simply connected rational homology spheres. We also briefly describe the rational homology 7-spheres that admit…

Classifies two families of simply connected 7-manifolds with minimal homological complexity.

We consider the question of when a rational homology 3-sphere is rational homology cobordant to a connected sum of lens spaces. We prove that every rational homology cobordism class in the subgroup generated by lens spaces is represented by a unique connected sum of lens spaces whose first homology embeds in any other …

A special knot in the Poincaré sphere leads to a unique connected sum of lens spaces.

A criterion for Whitney disks connects intersections in 3-manifold homology.

We prove a homological stability theorem for moduli spaces of simply-connected manifolds of dimension $2n > 4$, with respect to forming connected sum with $S^n \times S^n$. This is analogous to Harer's stability theorem for the homology of mapping class groups. Combined with previous work of the authors, it gives a cal…

New subgroup found in knot homology concordance group.

Bredon has constructed a 2-dimensional compact cohomology manifold which is not homologically locally connected, with respect to the singular homology. In the present paper we construct infinitely many such examples (which are in addition metrizable spaces) in all remaining dimensions $n \ge 3$.

New homological action on sutured instanton homology defined.

Study on negative Sasakian structures on specific 5-manifolds.

We show that Khovanov homology and Hochschild homology theories share common structure. In fact they overlap: Khovanov homology of a $(2,n)$-torus link can be interpreted as a Hochschild homology of the algebra underlining the Khovanov homology. In the classical case of Khovanov homology we prove the concrete connectio…

Khovanov homology helps create quantum error-correcting codes.

We prove a connected sum formula for involutive Heegaard Floer homology, and use it to study the involutive correction terms of connected sums. In particular, we give an example of a three-manifold with $\underline{d}(Y) \neq d(Y) \neq \overline{d}(Y)$. We also construct a homomorphism from the three-dimensional homolo…

Even-dimensional simply connected manifolds that are rational homology spheres and double disk bundles are homeomorphic to spheres.

We prove a homological stability theorem for moduli spaces of high-dimensional, highly connected manifolds, with respect to forming the connected sum with the product of spheres $S^{p}\times S^{q}$, for $p < q < 2p - 2$. This result is analogous to recent results of S. Galatius and O. Randal-Williams regarding the homo…

Classifies 3D spaces using specific invariants.

This note is devoted to a trick which yields almost trivial proofs that certain complexes associated to topological surfaces are connected or simply connected. Applications include new proofs that the complexes of curves, separating curves, nonseparating curves, pants, and cut systems are all connected for genus $g \gg…

We show that among Seifert fibered integer homology spheres, Poincare sphere (with either orientation) is the only non-trivial example which has trivial Heegaard Floer homology. Together with an earlier result, this shows that if an integer homology sphere has trivial Heegaard Floer homology, then it is a connected sum…

New invariant shows Dehn twist on connected sum of homology tori is not isotopic to identity.

Study primes dividing torsion in homology of commuting elements in Lie groups.

The paper identifies manifolds with free circle actions.

New Sasaki-Einstein 7-manifolds found, including rational homology 7-spheres and connected sums.

Topological data analysis and its main method, persistent homology, provide a toolkit for computing topological information of high-dimensional and noisy data sets. Kernels for one-parameter persistent homology have been established to connect persistent homology with machine learning techniques. We contribute a kernel…

Khovanov homology extended to 3-manifolds, linking tangles.

Proves a conjecture for a specific group using spectral sequences and homology.

New method connects curvature and Persistent Homology for networks.

We define a twisted version of Manolescu and Woodward's Symplectic Instanton homology, prove that this invariant fits into the framework of Wehrheim and Woodward's Floer Field theory, and describe its behaviour for connected sum and Dehn surgery.

Spectral sequence connects knot homologies to quotient knots.

Developed Gompf connected sum for orbifolds, constructing symplectic and K-contact manifolds.

In this article, we classify 1-connected 8-dimensional Poincaré complexes, topological manifolds and smooth manifolds with the same homology as $S^3\times S^5$. Some questions of Escher-Ziller are also discussed.

Let M be a closed, connected and oriented 3-manifold. This article is the first of a five part series that constructs an isomorphism between the Heegaard Floer homology groups of M and the corresponding Seiberg-Witten Floer homology groups of M.

We use Heegaard Floer homology to define an invariant of homology cobordism. This invariant is isomorphic to a summand of the reduced Heegaard Floer homology of a rational homology sphere equipped with a spin structure and is analogous to Stoffregen's connected Seiberg-Witten Floer homology. We use this invariant to st…

The study characterizes homology 4-manifolds with $g_2\leq 5$ combinatorially.

Smooth surfaces in simply connected 4-manifolds yield groups with non-trivial homology.

Khovanov homology fails to differentiate certain slice disks.

Researchers link knot Floer homology, Burau representation, and quantum gl(1|1).

Classifies torus bundles bounding 4-manifolds with rational homology.

In this paper, we construct a new homology theory for semi-groups satisfying the self distributivity axiom or the idempotency axiom. Next, we consider the geometric realization corresponding to the homology theory. We continue with the comparison of this homology theory with one term and two term (rack) homology theori…