Study calculates instanton Floer homology for surgeries on L-space knots.
problem Computing the framed instanton Floer homology of surgeries on L-space knots.
method Used Baldwin-Sivek contact invariant and proved homogeneity of the invariant.
result Framed instanton Floer homology agrees with Heegaard Floer homology for L-space knots.
Proves properties of instanton knot Floer homology and connected sum formula.
problem Properties of instanton knot Floer homology.
method General properties of sutured Floer theories, Heegaard Floer and monopole Floer settings.
result Connected sum formula for instanton knot Floer homology.
Instanton Floer homology matches Heegaard Floer for almost-rational plumbings.
problem Matching instanton Floer homology with Heegaard Floer for specific 3-manifolds.
method Utilizes lattice homology and a recent cobordism map decomposition theorem.
result Isomorphism between framed instanton Floer homology and Heegaard Floer for almost-rational plumbings.
Proves exact triangle linking knot instanton Floer homology to surgeries.
problem Relating knot instanton Floer homology to surgeries.
method Proves an exact triangle using integer coefficients.
result Poincaré Homology Sphere is not an instanton L-space with integer coefficients.
New technique connects instanton Floer homology to Heegaard diagrams for knots and 3-manifolds.
problem Accessing structural properties of instanton Floer homology.
method Developed a new technique using Heegaard diagrams and sutures.
result Established a relation between instanton knot homology and Heegaard diagrams for (1,1)-knots. Study calculates Floer homology for binary polyhedral spaces.
problem Calculating Floer homology for specific polyhedral spaces.
method Equivariant instanton Floer homology, modified algebraic construction.
result Equivariant instanton Floer homology values for binary polyhedral spaces.
Paper generalizes sutured Floer homologies with new algorithms and polytopes.
problem Computing and understanding sutured Floer homologies for complex manifolds.
method Grading shifting property, algorithms, polytopes, canonical decompositions.
result Established new bounds and detection results for sutured Floer homologies.
New instanton Floer homology for sutured manifolds with tangles defined.
problem Defining instanton Floer homology for complex geometric structures.
method Extending excision theorems to handle singularities and tangles.
result Detection of unlink and trivial braid closures in annular Khovanov homology.
Study calculates ring structure in instanton homology for a surface with points.
problem Calculating the ring structure in instanton homology for a surface with points.
method Used singular instanton Floer homology and excision formula.
result Proved an excision formula for instanton Floer homology when n=1.
For any link of two components in an integral homology sphere, we define an instanton Floer homology whose Euler characteristic is the linking number between the components of the link. We relate this Floer homology to the Kronheimer-Mrowka instanton Floer homology of knots. We also show that, for two-component links i…
Paper proves depth bounds for taut foliations using instanton Floer homology.
problem Finding depth bounds for taut foliations in sutured manifolds.
method Sutured instanton Floer homology, adapted to monopole and Heegaard Floer settings.
result Dimension of sutured instanton Floer homology bounds minimal depth of taut foliations.
Unified tau invariants in instanton and monopole Floer theories.
problem Unified tau invariants in instanton and monopole Floer theories.
method Identified τ_{G} with τ_{G}^{\sharp} via cobordism maps.
result Identified τ_{G} with τ_{G}^{\sharp} via cobordism maps.
Study instanton Floer homology for links in RP^3 and use it to detect knots.
problem Detecting knots in RP3 using instanton Floer homology. method Compute instanton Floer homology for links in RP3 and use spectral sequences. result Khovanov homology detects the unknot and projective unknot in RP3. New homological action on sutured instanton homology defined.
problem Detecting link splitting in knot homology.
method Defining a homological action on sutured instanton Floer homology.
result Instanton knot homology detects link splitting for two-component links.
Given a closed, connected, oriented 3-manifold with positive first Betti number, one can define an instanton Floer group as well as a quilted Lagrangian Floer group. The quilted Atiyah-Floer conjecture states that these cohomology groups are isomorphic. We initiate a program for proving this conjecture.
New cobordism maps for instanton knot homology help compute surgeries on knots.
problem Computing surgeries on knots using instanton knot homology.
method Construct cobordism maps for instanton knot homology.
result Compute the framed instanton Floer homology of certain knots.
Sutured instanton homology uses Heegaard diagrams to bound homology dimensions.
problem Bounding the dimension of sutured instanton homology.
method Using admissible Heegaard diagrams, proving a bound on the number of generators of the associated sutured Heegaard Floer complex.
result Strong L-spaces are instanton L-spaces.
New proofs of knot detection using instanton Floer homology.
problem Detecting specific knots using homology theories.
method Using instanton Floer homology instead of knot Floer homology.
result Proves detection of specific knots using instanton homology.
We construct a spectral sequence from the reduced odd Khovanov homology of a link converging to the framed instanton homology of the double cover branched over the link, with orientation reversed. Framed instanton homology counts certain instantons on the cylinder of a 3-manifold connect-summed with a 3-torus. En route…
Study uses instanton Floer theory to obstruct knot unknotting operations.
problem Obstructing knot unknotting operations and ribbon concordance.
method Equivariant singular instanton Floer theory with Chern--Simons filtration.
result For a large class of slice knots, any unknotting sequence must contain both signs.
Proves a formula for instanton Floer homology of knots.
problem Calculating changes in instanton Floer homology for knots.
method Uses sutured instanton homology and the octahedral lemma.
result Derives an integral surgery formula for framed instanton homology.
This work extends knot homology theory to links, proving exact triangles and categorifying link signatures.
problem Extending knot homology theory to links and proving exact triangles.
method Equivariant singular instanton Floer theory, circle-equivariant Morse-Floer theory, cobordism constructions.
result Established unoriented skein exact triangles and categorified link signatures.
Defines knot concordance invariant using instanton homology and Donaldson invariants.
problem Knot concordance and its classification.
method Defines an invariant φ for knots in the 3-sphere using Donaldson invariants and Floer's instanton homology. result The invariant φ coincides with a special case of an invariant defined by Froyshov. The paper examines 2-torsion in instanton Floer homology for knots and 3-manifolds.
problem Existence of 2-torsion in instanton Floer homology for knots and 3-manifolds.
method Analyzes framed and singular instanton Floer homology, uses lemmas from Heegaard Floer theory.
result Shows existence of 2-torsion in instanton Floer homology for various knots and 3-manifolds.
New proof shows L-space knots are fibered and have specific properties.
problem Proving L-space knots are fibered and have strong quasipositive properties.
method Conceptually simpler proof using Heegaard Floer homology, translated to instanton Floer homology.
result Generalization of L-space knot properties to other Floer homologies.
New method proves cosmetic surgery conjecture for certain knots.
problem Proving the cosmetic surgery conjecture for specific knots.
method Using filtered instanton homology and Chern-Simons filtration.
result Reduced the conjecture to surgeries of ±2 on genus 2 knots. This paper studies knots in sutured manifolds achieving minimum instanton homology rank.
problem Properties of knots achieving minimum instanton homology rank in sutured manifolds.
method Analyzes sutured manifolds and instanton homology to find knots achieving minimum rank.
result Knots achieving minimum instanton homology rank in sutured manifolds are the unknot.
Paper classifies Heegaard Floer minimal knots in sutured manifolds.
problem Classifying minimal knots in sutured manifolds.
method Uses Heegaard Floer homology.
result Agrees with instanton Floer homology classification when applicable.
The instanton Floer homology of a knot in the three-sphere is a vector space with a canonical mod 2 grading. It carries a distinguished endomorphism of even degree,arising from the 2-dimensional homology class represented by a Seifert surface. The Floer homology decomposes as a direct sum of the generalized eigenspaces…
The study connects knot representations to Seifert hypersurfaces and instanton Floer homology.
problem Existence of Seifert hypersurfaces and irreducible representations for 2-knots.
method Quantitative instanton Floer homology and related techniques.
result Existence of at least four irreducible SU(2) representations for certain knots.
We consider a family of corks, denoted Wn, constructed by Akbulut and Yasui. Each cork gives rise to an exotic structure on a smooth 4-manifold via a twist τ on its boundary Σn=∂Wn. We compute the instanton Floer homology of Σn and show that the map induced on the instanton Floer homology by $τ: Σ…
New knot homology theory from symplectic geometry.
problem Developing a symplectic counterpart to instanton knot homology.
method Using symplectic character varieties and Floer homology, a new invariant for knots in 3-manifolds is constructed.
result Symplectic instanton knot homology (SIK) is a new invariant of knots and links in 3-manifolds.
We define an invariant of contact 3-manifolds with convex boundary using Kronheimer and Mrowka's sutured instanton Floer homology theory. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first invariant of contact manifolds -- with or without boundary -- defined in the instanton Floer setting. We prove that our invariant vani…
In a recent paper, Lin, Ruberman and Saveliev proved a splitting formula expressing the Seiberg-Witten invariant λSW(X) of a smooth 4-manifold with rational homology of S1×S3 in terms of the Frøyshov invariant h(X) and a Lefschetz number in reduced monopole Floer homology. In this note we observe tha…
Computes upper bounds for instanton knot homology.
problem Computing the exact dimension of instanton knot homology.
method Developed an algorithm using knot diagrams and Heegaard diagrams.
result Algorithm provides sharp bounds for knots up to seven crossings.
Since its inception, Floer homology has been an important tool in low-dimensional topology. Floer theoretic invariants of 3-manifolds tend to be either gauge theoretic or symplecto-geometric in nature, and there is a general philosophy that each gauge theoretic Floer homology should have a corresponding symplectic Fl…
Surgery exact triangles in various 3-manifold Floer homology theories provide an important tool in studying and computing the relevant Floer homology groups. These exact triangles relate the invariants of 3-manifolds, obtained by three different Dehn surgeries on a fixed knot. In this paper, the behavior of SU(N)-ins…
New method uses Floer homology to create exotic disk pairs.
problem Creating exotic disk pairs in 4-manifolds.
method Singular instanton Floer homology with Chern--Simons filtration.
result Constructs exotic pairs of slice disks and knots.
Khovanov-Floer theories are a class of homological link invariants which admit spectral sequences from Khovanov homology. They include Khovanov homology, Szab{ó}'s geometric link homology, singular instanton homology, and various Floer theories applied to branched double covers. In this short note we show that certain …
New instanton homology theories for 3-manifolds and bundles.
problem Defining instanton homology for a class of 3-manifolds and bundles.
method Functorial construction for 4-manifold cobordisms, algebraic construction of homology theories for dg-modules.
result Isomorphic to Floer's instanton homology for admissible bundles, calculates I∞ in all cases it is defined. The paper introduces new knot invariants using singular instanton gauge theory.
problem Developing new knot invariants using singular instanton gauge theory.
method Using SU(2) singular instanton gauge theory, the paper constructs invariants and Morse chain complexes. result The constructions lead to a triad of groups and several concordance invariants.
We prove that Khovanov homology detects the trefoils. Our proof incorporates an array of ideas in Floer homology and contact geometry. It uses open books; the contact invariants we defined in the instanton Floer setting; a bypass exact triangle in sutured instanton homology, proven here; and Kronheimer and Mrowka's spe…
Established a version of the Atiyah-Floer conjecture for SO(3)-bundles.
problem Atiyah-Floer conjecture for admissible SO(3)-bundles
method Adapted to admissible SO(3)-bundles
result A version of the Atiyah-Floer conjecture established
We show that there is a well-defined cap-product structure on the Fintushel-Stern spectral sequence. Hence we obtain the induced cap-product structure on the ${\BZ}_8$-graded instanton Floer homology. The cap-product structure provides an essentially new property of the instanton Floer homology, from a topological poin…
Around 1988, Floer introduced two important theories: instanton Floer homology as invariants of 3-manifolds and Lagrangian Floer homology as invariants of pairs of Lagrangians in symplectic manifolds. Soon after that, Atiyah conjectured that the two theories should be related to each other and Lagrangian Floer homology…
For each partial flag manifold of SU(N), we define a Floer homology theory for knots in 3-manifolds, using instantons with codimension-2 singularities.
Proves complex homology three-spheres can be bounded by many handles.
problem Complex homology three-spheres and their bounding four-manifolds.
method Uses homology cobordism invariant Γ from instanton Floer homology.
result Any bounding four-manifold must be built out of many handles.
Taubes proved that the Casson invariant of an integral homology 3-sphere equals half the Euler characteristic of its instanton Floer homology. We extend this result to all closed oriented 3-manifolds with positive first Betti number by establishing a similar relationship between the Lescop invariant of the manifold and…