New infinite families of twisted torus knots found.
problem Identifying new types of twisted torus knots.
method Finding new infinite families of twisted torus knots with a single negative twist.
result Eight new infinite families of twisted torus knots are discovered.
The Conway knot can't be smoothly tied to any other knot an infinite number of times.
problem Understanding the concordance order of knots.
method Rasmussen invariant, satellite operations, null-homologous twists.
result The Conway knot has infinite concordance order.
New invariant detects infinite order cabled knots.
problem Detecting infinite order knots in the concordance group.
method Involutive knot Floer homology and cabling techniques.
result Infinite family of knots with infinite order in concordance group.
Study finds infinite non-fibered twisted torus knots.
problem Identifying non-fibered twisted torus knots.
method Explicit formula for Alexander polynomial, leading coefficients analysis.
result Infinite families of non-fibered twisted torus knots found.
Classifies knot traces with specific trisection genus limits.
problem Classifying knot traces with specific trisection genus limits.
method Classifying knot traces with specific trisection genus limits.
result Infinitely many knots have traces with trisection genus 3 and 4, and arbitrarily large trisection genus.
New infinite-rank summand found in knot concordance group.
problem Finding an infinite-rank summand in the smooth knot concordance group.
method Using iterated satellite operations with the Mazur pattern.
result Existence of a topologically slice knot K whose iterated satellites span an infinite-rank summand. Study shows infinite hyperbolic knots with odd torsion in Khovanov homology.
problem Understanding torsion in Khovanov homology for hyperbolic knots.
method Analyzes knots in S3 with specific torsion in Khovanov homology. result Infinitely many hyperbolic knots with odd torsion in Khovanov homology.
We say a knot k in the 3-sphere S3 has {\it Property IE} if the infinite cyclic cover of the knot exterior embeds into S3. Clearly all fibred knots have Property IE. There are infinitely many non-fibred knots with Property IE and infinitely many non-fibred knots without property IE. Both…
New research finds infinitely many hyperbolic knots not almost-fibered.
problem Understanding the properties of knots and their complements.
method Examined hyperbolic knots and their Seifert surfaces.
result Existence of infinitely many hyperbolic genus one knots that are not almost-fibered.
We revisit the issue of the existence of infinitely many distinct prime knots with the same Alexander invariant. We present infinitely many distinct families, each family made up of infinitely many distinct knots. Within each family, the Alexander invariant is the same. Unlike other examples in the literature, ours are…
The paper finds infinite knots with surfaces of any positive genus.
problem Finding knots with surfaces of arbitrary positive genus.
method Constructing knot exteriors with longitudinal essential surfaces of any positive genus.
result Existence of infinitely many knots with surfaces of any positive genus.
Infinite knots have non-integer trace values.
problem Finding knots with non-integer trace values.
method Proved existence of infinitely many non-homeomorphic hyperbolic knot complements with specific trace properties.
result Infinitely many non-homeomorphic hyperbolic knot complements with non-integer trace values.
Study proves 0-surgery characterizes infinitely many knots.
problem Characterizing infinitely many knots using 0-surgery.
method Classification of knots with specific knot Floer homology properties.
result Proves 0-surgery characterizes infinitely many knots, including new types.
We consider the existence of simple closed geodesics or "geodesic knots" in finite volume orientable hyperbolic 3-manifolds. Previous results show that at least one geodesic knot always exists [Bull. London Math. Soc. 31(1) (1999) 81-86], and that certain arithmetic manifolds contain infinitely many geodesic knots [J. …
Paper constructs infinitely many non-braid positive hyperbolic L-space knots.
problem Proving the non-braid positivity of hyperbolic L-space knots.
method Constructs infinitely many hyperbolic L-space knots that are not braid positive.
result Distinct examples from Baker and Kegel's constructions.
The study finds infinite meridional essential surfaces in hyperbolic knot exteriors of various genera.
problem Existence of meridional essential surfaces in hyperbolic knot exteriors.
method Essential tangle decompositions and meridional essential embeddings.
result Infinite collection of hyperbolic knots with meridional essential surfaces of arbitrary genus and boundary components.
Study shows infinite-rank summand in homology concordance group of knots.
problem Homology concordance of knots in integer homology three-spheres.
method Knot Floer homology to construct homology concordance homomorphisms.
result Homology concordance group modulo knots from S^3 contains an infinite-rank summand.
New colored knot Floer homology defined using infinite full twists.
problem Defining a new homology theory for knots.
method Defining colored knot Floer homology through colimit of link Floer homology with infinite full twists.
result Colored knot Floer homology is a module over the colored knot Floer homology of the unknot.
Paper proves knots satisfy a conjecture using Jones polynomial.
problem Proving infinite families of knots satisfy the Cosmetic Surgery Conjecture.
method Computed Jones polynomial and invariants for two knot families.
result Two infinite families of knots satisfy the Purely Cosmetic Surgery Conjecture.
Infinite hyperbolic knots yield unusual surgeries.
problem Finding knots with specific surgery results.
method Examined infinite families of hyperbolic knots and their surgeries.
result Discovered knots with surgeries producing graph manifolds with five disjoint, non-parallel incompressible tori.
Certain torus knots have infinitely many slopes that do not uniquely identify them.
problem Identifying non-characterizing slopes for certain torus knots.
method Applying a condition from Baker and Motegi to show infinitely many non-characterizing slopes.
result The knots T2,2n+3#T−2,2n+1 have infinitely many non-characterizing slopes. New infinite family of hyperbolic L-space knots with specific semigroups.
problem Characterizing semigroups of L-space knots.
method Defined formal semigroups from Alexander polynomials and analyzed hyperbolic knots.
result Found an infinite family of hyperbolic L-space knots with semigroups generated by five elements.
Two complete knot invariants from diagrams, finite or infinite.
problem Classifying knots completely.
method Constructed two invariants from knot diagrams, finite or infinite.
result Finite set reveals knotting number.
New examples of knots with infinitely many inequivalent slice disks.
problem Existence of knots with infinitely many pairwise nonisotopic slice disks.
method Classification of fibered, homotopy-ribbon disks and use of satellite operations.
result Examples of fibered, hyperbolic knots bounding infinitely many fibered, ribbon disks that are pairwise nonisotopic modulo local knotting.
Knots generating infinite subgroup bound rational homology balls.
problem Understanding knots that bound rational homology balls.
method Cyclic branched covers and rational homology balls.
result Infinite two-torsion subgroup in knot concordance group.
New knots show linear independence in slice concordance.
problem Understanding the structure of rationally slice knots.
method Provided an infinite family of knots that are linearly independent.
result Found knots that are linearly independent and infinite order.
Study confirms infinitely many non-characterizing slopes for various knots.
problem Determining knots with infinitely many non-characterizing slopes.
method Techniques on annulus twists to observe and prove infinitely many non-characterizing slopes.
result Proves infinitely many non-characterizing slopes for multiple knots.
We construct an infinite family of smoothly slice knots that we prove are topologically doubly slice. Using the correction terms coming from Heegaard Floer homology, we show that none of these knots is smoothly doubly slice. We use these knots to show that the subgroup of the double concordance group consisting of smoo…
New knots not rationally concordant to their reverses found.
problem Identifying knots not rationally concordant to their reverses.
method Infinite family of knots constructed, rational knot concordance group analyzed.
result Infinite rank subgroup in rational knot concordance group.
New knots bound multiple non-isotopic ribbon disks.
problem Finding knots that bound multiple non-isotopic ribbon disks.
method Classification of fibered, homotopy-ribbon disks for generalized square knots.
result Infinitely many knots bound infinitely many pairwise non-isotopic ribbon disks.
By a recent result of Livingston, it is known that if a knot has a prime power branched cyclic cover that is not a homology sphere, then there is an infinite family of non-concordant knots having the same Seifert form as the knot. In this paper, we extend this result to the full extent. We show that if the knot has non…
Kanenobu has given infinite families of knots with the same HOMFLY polynomials. We show that these knots also have the same sl(n) and HOMFLY homologies, thus giving the first example of an infinite family of knots undistinguishable by these invariants. This is a consequence of a structure theorem about the homologies o…
New infinite class of hyperbolic knots with high genus and generalized torsion found.
problem Finding knots with high genus and generalized torsion.
method Demonstrated through (2, 2q+1)-torus knots and their twist families.
result Infinitely many hyperbolic knots with arbitrarily high genus and generalized torsion.
New infinite family of knots found with unique properties.
problem Finding asymmetric L-space knots with specific properties.
method Generalizing known asymmetric L-space knot t12533 to form an infinite family.
result First infinite family of asymmetric hyperbolic L-space knots of braid index 4.
We show that the Kakimizu complex of a knot may be locally infinite, answering a question of Przytycki--Schultens. We then prove that if a link L only has connected Seifert surfaces and has a locally infinite Kakimizu complex then L is a satellite of either a torus knot, a cable knot or a connected sum, with windin…
Satellite operators generate infinite rank subgroups in knot concordance.
problem Understanding the structure of the knot concordance group under satellite operations.
method Using amenable L2-signatures, we analyze the image of iterated satellite operators. result The iterated satellite operator generates infinite rank subgroups in the knot concordance group.
Smooth figure-eight knot cables have infinite order.
problem Proving infinite order of figure-eight knot cables.
method Introduced new concordance invariants via branched covers and real Seiberg-Witten Floer K-theory.
result Uniform proof for all (2n,1)-cables of the figure-eight knot. Study on knot 74 surgeries reveals infinite residue characteristics and infinite order points.
problem Arithmetic properties of Dehn surgery points on knot 74. method Analyzing the canonical component of the SL2(C)-character variety. result Infinite set of ramified places and infinite order points in the Mordell-Weil group.
The paper finds virtual knots with specific unknotting indices.
problem Finding virtual knots with unknotting indices (n,m).
method Providing infinite families of virtual knots and links with specified unknotting indices.
result Existence of infinitely many distinct virtual knot diagrams with unknotting index (n,m).
We exhibit an infinite family of knots with isomorphic knot Heegaard Floer homology. Each knot in this infinite family admits a nontrivial genus two mutant which shares the same total dimension in both knot Floer homology and Khovanov homology. Each knot is distinguished from its genus two mutant by both knot Floer hom…
We show that a knot in S3 with an infinite number of distinct incompressible Seifert surfaces contains a closed incompressible surface in its complement.
In answer to a question of Long, Flapan constructed an example of a prime strongly positive amphicheiral knot that is not slice. Long had proved that all such knots are algebraically slice. Here we show that the concordance group of algebraically slice knots contains an infinitely generated free subgroup that is genera…
We prove that if the order of the first homology of the 2-fold branched cover of a knot K in the 3-sphere is given by pm where p is a prime congruent to 3 mod 4 and gcd(p,m) =1, then K is of infinite order in the knot concordance group. This provides an obstruction to classical knots being of order 4. In particular, th…
Let K be a knot in the 3-sphere with 2-fold branched covering space M. If for some prime p congruent to 3 mod 4 the p-torsion in the first homology of M is cyclic with odd exponent, then K is of infinite order in the knot concordance group. As one application, recall that the n-twisted double of an arbitrary knot has o…
The concordance group of algebraically slice knots is the subgroup of the classical knot concordance group formed by algebraically slice knots. Results of Casson and Gordon and of Jiang showed that this group contains in infinitely generated free (abelian) subgroup. Here it is shown that the concordance group of algebr…
The paper constructs infinitely many prime hyperbolic knots.
problem Analyzing and constructing hyperbolic knots.
method Using plat position, braid group dynamics, and Heegaard splittings.
result Construction of infinitely many prime hyperbolic knots.
We construct an infinite family of topologically slice knots that are not smoothly concordant to their reverses. More precisely, if T denotes the concordance group of topologically slice knots and R is the involution of T induced by string reversal, then T/Fix(R) contains an infinitely generated free subgroup. The resu…
Manufacturing infinite sets of knotted and unknotted surfaces in 4-manifolds.
problem Creating infinite sets of knotted and unknotted surfaces in 4-manifolds.
method Recent constructions of inequivalent smooth structures.
result Infinite sets of pairwise smoothly non-isotopic nullhomologous 2-tori and spheres.