The paper extends knot polynomials to annular and toroidal pseudo links.
problem Analyzing pseudo links with undefined crossings.
method Introducing Kauffman bracket and Jones-type polynomials for annular and toroidal pseudo links.
result New tools for studying annular and toroidal pseudo links.
New methods for delta-moves on algebraically split links identified.
problem Understanding delta-moves on algebraically split links.
method Introducing self and mixed delta-moves, proving equivalence, and calculating delta-splitting numbers.
result Two links are mixed delta-equivalent if they have the same pairwise linking number and components.
Survey of knot invariants in lens spaces.
problem Comparing knot invariants in lens spaces.
method Summarized various invariants and compared their distinguishing power.
result Invariants generalize classical knot polynomials and can distinguish difficult cases.
We give combinatorial descriptions of the Heegaard Floer homology groups for arbitrary three-manifolds (with coefficients in Z/2). The descriptions are based on presenting the three-manifold as an integer surgery on a link in the three-sphere, and then using a grid diagram for the link. We also give combinatorial descr…
We take advantage of the correspondence between fibered links, open book decompositions and contact structures on a closed connected 3-dimensional manifold to determine a mixed link diagram presentation for a particular fibered link L in the lens space L(p,q). Moreover, we construct a diagram for the lift of L in…
Study bi-Lipschitz equivalence of mixed polynomials under specific conditions.
problem Classify bi-Lipschitz equivalence of mixed polynomials with inner non-degeneracy.
method Defined metric links and introduced new data to determine bi-Lipschitz equivalence.
result Neither Newton boundary nor C-face diagram is an invariant for bi-Lipschitz equivalence.
The paper studies pseudo links in genus g handlebodies, generalizing knot theory.
problem Modeling DNA knots with missing crossing information.
method Introducing pseudo links as mixed pseudo links in S^3, generalizing Kauffman bracket polynomial and Alexander theorem.
result The theory of pseudo links is closely related to singular links and can be applied to study singular links in genus g handlebodies.
The paper extends knot theory to annular and toroidal pseudo knots.
problem Defining and classifying pseudo knots in annular and toroidal settings.
method Introducing pseudo knots as equivalence classes under moves, lifting to torus, and exploring inclusion relations.
result New invariants for classifying pseudo knots and links in solid and thickened torus.
New minimal link diagrams found, including torus links and homogeneous ones.
problem Finding minimal link diagrams with new classes.
method Morton-Franks-Williams inequality approach.
result New classes of minimal link diagrams, including previously unproven ones.
Abstract lists known link diagrams for all principal congruence link complements.
problem Identifying all known link diagrams for principal congruence link complements.
method Compilation of known link diagrams.
result Compilation of known link diagrams for principal congruence link complements.
A virtual link diagram is called normal if the associated abstract link diagram is checkerboard colorable, and a virtual link is normal if it has a normal diagram as a representative. Normal virtual links have some properties similar to classical links.In this paper, we introduce a method of converting a virtual link d…
A virtual link diagram is called normal if the associated abstract link diagram is checkerboard colorable, and a virtual link is normal if it has a normal diagram as a representative.In this paper, we introduce a method of converting a virtual link diagram to a normal virtual link diagram by use of the double covering …
Paper proves link diagrams can be realized for some but not all types of links.
problem Realizing link diagrams for different types of links.
method Analyzing link diagrams for welded and virtual links.
result Similar results hold for welded links but not for virtual links.
This note explains how to transform Heegaard diagrams into framed link diagrams.
problem No specific problem stated; transformation of diagrams is the focus.
method Explains a procedure to transform Heegaard diagrams into framed link diagrams.
result Demonstrates a method to transform Heegaard diagrams into framed link diagrams.
Paper constructs cyclic coverings of virtual link diagrams, proving equivalence of certain maps.
problem Constructing and proving equivalence of cyclic coverings of virtual link diagrams.
method Introducing m-fold cyclic covering diagrams and proving their equivalence to original diagrams. result Well-defined map from virtual links to mod m almost classical virtual links. There is a well-known way to describe a link diagram as a (signed) plane graph, called its Tait graph. This concept was recently extended, providing a way to associate a set of embedded graphs (or ribbon graphs) to a link diagram. While every plane graph arises as a Tait graph of a unique link diagram, not every embedd…
The paper studies pseudo and singular links in a solid torus, developing invariants and algebraic structures.
problem Understanding and classifying links with missing crossing information in a solid torus.
method Introducing pseudo and singular links, constructing invariants, and developing algebraic structures.
result Formulated and proved the Alexander and Markov theorems for pseudo and singular links in a solid torus.
By using the cohomology theory of quandles, quandle cocycle invariants and shadow quandle cocycle invariants are defined for oriented links and surface-links via broken surface diagrams. By using symmetric quandles, symmetric quandle cocycle invariants are also defined for unoriented links and surface-links via broken …
Problems on region choices for knot and link diagrams solved using Alexander numbering.
problem Existence of solutions for region choice problems on knot and link diagrams.
method Alexander numbering for regions, alternative proofs, necessary and sufficient conditions.
result Existence of solutions for region choice problems on link diagrams.
Calculates lower bounds for type III Reidemeister moves in link diagrams.
problem Determining the minimum number of Reidemeister III moves between link diagrams.
method Introducing non-self OU sequence and OU number for link diagrams.
result Provides a lower bound for the number of Reidemeister III moves.
For an oriented virtual link, L.H. Kauffman defined the f-polynomial (Jones polynomial). The supporting genus of a virtual link diagram is the minimal genus of a surface in which the diagram can be embedded. In this paper we show that the span of the f-polynomial of an alternating virtual link L is determined by the nu…
Extends Milnor invariants to surface-links using cut-diagrams.
problem Tackles invariants for surface-links in 4-space.
method Introduces cut-diagrams and groups associated to them.
result Yields concordance and link-homotopy invariants for surface-links.
Enhances knot counting using mosaic diagrams.
problem Counting and classifying surface-links and knots.
method Marked graph diagrams and mosaic numbers.
result Established bounds on mosaic numbers for surface-links.
Virtual knots and links get multicrossings and petal diagrams.
problem Defining multicrossings for virtual knots and links.
method Extending multicrossings to virtual knots and links, showing petal diagrams exist.
result Petal diagrams exist for all virtual knots.
We classify link diagrams with Turaev genus one and two in terms of an alternating tangle structure of the link diagram. The proof involves surgery along simple closed curves on the Turaev surface, called cutting loops, which have corresponding cutting arcs that are visible on the planar link diagram. These also provid…
Parallelization technique for welded links preserves equivalence and yields specific decompositions.
problem Defining and proving equivalence of parallel welded link diagrams.
method Introduced a parallelization construction for welded link diagrams and showed its well-definedness.
result Parallel diagrams maintain equivalence under specific orientations and yield decompositions.
Study categorizes knots and links as rigid or shaky based on Reidemeister moves.
problem Classifying knots and links as rigid or shaky based on adaptability to Reidemeister moves.
method Categorization of hard diagrams as rigid or shaky, investigation of rigid and shaky hard diagrams for specific knots and links.
result Every link has a rigid hard diagram, and there is an upper limit for the number of crossings in such diagrams.
Study minimum ribbonlength of immersed flat knots and links.
problem Finding the minimum ribbonlength for immersed planar knots and links.
method Embedding into disk diagram space to find length minimizers.
result Computed minimal ribbonlength for some knot and link diagrams.
A marked graph diagram is a link diagram possibly with marked 4-valent vertices. S. J. Lomonaco, Jr. and K. Yoshikawa introduced a method of representing surface-links by marked graph diagrams. Specially, K. Yoshikawa gave local moves on marked graph diagrams, nowadays called Yoshikawa moves. It is now known that two…
Extends positive and almost positive links to successively almost positive ones.
problem Extending properties of positive and almost positive diagrams and links.
method Introducing successively almost positive diagrams and links, and analyzing their properties.
result Improves known results of positive and almost positive links.
Every link diagram can be represented as a signed ribbon graph. However, different link diagrams can be represented by the same ribbon graphs. We determine how checkerboard colourable diagrams of links in real projective space, and virtual link diagrams, that are represented by the same ribbon graphs are related to eac…
New equivalence relation for links using cut-diagrams.
problem Classical link concordance.
method Cut-diagrams and cut-concordance.
result Nilpotent peripheral system invariant of cut-concordance.
Let L be a link in an integral homology three-sphere. We give a description of the Heegaard Floer homology of integral surgeries on L in terms of some data associated to L, which we call a complete system of hyperboxes for L. Roughly, a complete systems of hyperboxes consists of chain complexes for (some versions of) t…
New link invariants from diagram colorings match link widths.
problem Defining link widths via diagram colorings.
method Colorings of link diagrams to define invariants and prove their equivalence to link widths.
result Invariants of link widths calculated algorithmically.
Paper shows any link can be diagrammed with only triangles and quadrilaterals.
problem Representing links with only triangles and quadrilaterals.
method Examined link diagrams as 4-valent graphs on a sphere.
result Any link can be represented with only triangles and quadrilaterals.
New transformations preserve link isotopy, showing complexity differences.
problem Link isotopy preservation with complexity differences.
method Introducing multiflypes of rectangular diagrams of links.
result Two diagrams of same complexity not related by simpler moves.
It is well known that surface-links in 4-space can be presented by diagrams on the plane of 4-valent spatial graphs with makers on the vertices, called marked graph diagrams. In this paper we extend the method of presenting surface-links by marked graph diagrams to presenting immersed surface-links. We also give some m…
Proves a theorem for surface links, simplifying diagrams of links.
problem Understanding minimal diagrams of surface links.
method Two-variable generalization of Jones polynomial for surface links.
result Reduced alternating diagrams of surface links have minimal crossing number.
In this paper, a link diagram is said to be minimal if no Reidemeister move I or II can be applied to it to reduce the number of crossings. We show that for an arbitrary diagram D of a link without a trivial split component, a minimal diagram obtained by applying Reidemeister moves I and II to D is unique. The proof al…
Given a virtual link diagram D, we define its unknotting index U(D) to be minimum among (m,n) tuples, where m stands for the number of crossings virtualized and n stands for the number of classical crossing changes, to obtain a trivial link diagram. By using span of a diagram and linking number of a diagram …
Study links' flat-virtual diagrams to create link invariants.
problem Equivalence and invariants of flat-virtual diagrams.
method Maps from links in thickened surfaces to flat-virtual links.
result Investigation of flat-virtual diagrams' equivalence and invariants.
Study shows that splitting links requires an arbitrarily large number of extra crossings.
problem The problem is to determine the minimum number of extra crossings needed to transform a diagram of a split link into a split diagram.
method The approach uses Reidemeister moves and the framework of bubble tangles, along with techniques from Riemannian geometry.
result There exist split links with diagrams requiring an arbitrarily large number of extra crossings.
We call a Delta Diagram any diagram of a knot or link whose regions (including the unbounded one) have 3, 4, or 5 sides. We prove that any knot or link admits a delta diagram. We define and estimate combinatorial link invariants stemming from this definition.
Half grid diagrams prove every link can be represented by a special type of grid diagram.
problem Representing links using grid diagrams and related invariants.
method Defining half grid diagrams and constructing canonical pairs, proving equivalence to Jones' construction, relating to classical link invariants.
result Established a new method to relate the oriented Thompson index to classical link invariants and provided bounds for knot invariants.
Study finds minimal coloring numbers for torus links using rack colorings.
problem Determining the minimal number of colors for torus link diagrams.
method Using rack colorings on link diagrams to classify minimal colorings.
result Complete classifications of Z-colorings by four colors. Study on multiple linking numbers, extending Gauss diagram formulas.
problem Extending link invariants to more complex diagrams.
method Investigate second Gauss diagram formula involving two arrows.
result Discover two types of multiple linking numbers, one Vassiliev invariant, the other sensitive to Reidemeister moves.
Characterizes sequences from two-component link diagrams.
problem Understanding information from non-self crossing sequences of link diagrams.
method Investigated and characterized pairs of non-self OU sequences of two-component link diagrams.
result Completely characterized pairs of non-self OU sequences of diagrams of two-component links.
Graphs with certain eigenvalues are linked to simply laced Dynkin diagrams.
problem Characterizing graphs with specific eigenvalues.
method Defining equivalence relation on signed graphs and using congruence over Z.
result Signed graphs with eigenvalues > -2 are linked to simply laced Dynkin diagrams.