New polynomial invariant distinguishes singular links.
problem Distinguishing singular links using existing invariants.
method Generalized quandle polynomial to singquandles and constructed a singular link invariant.
result New polynomial invariant distinguishes singular links with same counting invariant.
New connections found between knot invariants and Rozansky-Witten theory.
problem Understanding physical interpretations of knot invariants.
method Studying Rozansky-Witten theory with non-compact target spaces.
result New formulations of knot invariants using affine Grassmannians and q-series.
New invariants of links are constructed using the skein invariant polynomial of colored links defined by the author in [1]. These invariants are stronger than the homflypt polynomial.
Given any oriented link diagram, two types of new knot invariants are constructed. They satisfy some generalized skein relations. The coefficients of each invariant is from a commutative ring. Homomorphisms and representations of those rings define new link invariants. For example, the HOMFLYPT polynomial with three va…
New invariant for hyperbolic surfaces, geometric criterion for domains.
problem Geometric criterion for bounded domains in complex plane.
method Renormalized volume type invariant on hyperbolic surfaces.
result New geometric criterion for bounded domains in complex plane.
New colored link invariants using multi-quandles.
problem Developing new invariants for colored links.
method Introducing multi-quandles and topological multi-quandles.
result New colored link invariants created.
New polynomial invariants for knots and links from quandle coloring quiver decategorification.
problem Defining new polynomial invariants for knots and links.
method Decategorification of the quandle coloring quiver to create polynomial invariants.
result The invariants are not determined by the quandle counting invariant.
New algebraic structure helps distinguish braids.
problem Distinguishing braids using mathematical invariants.
method Defined pointed racks and used them to create braiding invariants.
result New invariants can distinguish braids not previously possible.
New method to calculate 3-manifold invariants via skew-racks.
problem Calculating invariants of 3-manifolds.
method Introducing skew-racks with good involution and Property FR, defining cocycle invariants.
result Established new approach to obtain 3-manifold invariants via Dehn surgery.
Enhances psyquandle counting invariants using cocycles.
problem Improving the counting invariant of pseudoknots and singular knots.
method Defining enhancements via biquandle 2-cocycles and new functions.
result New polynomial invariants that are proper enhancements and not determined by the Jablan polynomial.
New quantum invariants for planar knotoids improve knot classification.
problem Classifying and distinguishing planar knotoids with up to five crossings.
method Define biframed planar knotoids and construct new invariants.
result Improved classification of planar knotoids with up to five crossings.
We recall the definition of the quadratic helicity invariant and of the higher asymptotic ergodic M-invariant. We present a simpler new proof (in part) that the M-invariant is ergodic. The M-invariant is a higher invariant, this means that for the magnetic field with closed magnetic lines the invariant is not a f…
New Bailey pairs derived for tetrahedron index, linking knot invariants.
problem Deriving knot invariants using Bailey pairs for the tetrahedron index.
method Developed new Bailey pairs in terms of q-series.
result New Bailey pairs express the pentagon identity of the tetrahedron index.
New invariant for prime alternating knots from error-correcting codes
problem Distinguishing prime alternating knots
method Alexander-Briggs code
result New invariant succeeds in separating knots that other invariants fail
We introduce a new class of quantum enhancements we call biquandle brackets, which are customized skein invariants for biquandle colored links.Quantum enhancements of biquandle counting invariants form a class of knot and link invariants that includes biquandle cocycle invariants and skein invariants such as the HOMFLY…
Biracks are algebraic structures related to knots and links. We define a new enhancement of the birack counting invariant for oriented classical and virtual knots and links via algebraic structures called birack dynamical cocycles. The new invariants can also be understood in terms of partitions of the set of birack la…
We submit a new way to detect pairs of non-cobordant surface-links. We find a new example of a pair of non-cobordant surface-links with the following properties: Orr invariant, Cochran sequence, Sato-Levine invariant, the alinking number and one of Stallings's theorems cannot distinguish them. However our new way can d…
In this paper we provide a new Bennequin-type inequality for the Rasmussen- Beliakova-Wehrli invariant, featuring the numerical transverse braid invariants (the c-invariants) introduced by the author. From the Bennequin type-inequality, and a combinatorial bound on the value of the c-invariants, we deduce a new computa…
New integer-valued functions for Legendrian knots.
problem Understanding Legendrian knots better.
method Using Legendrian fronts to derive integer-valued linear functions.
result Introduced new invariants similar to Arnold's basic invariant.
New invariant distinguishes singular knots and links.
problem Classifying singular knots and links.
method Using oriented singquandles and weight functions at crossings.
result Distinguishes singular granny knot from singular square knot.
In this paper we define a new invariant of the incomplete hyperbolic structures on a 1-cusped finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifold M, called the ortholength invariant. We show that away from a (possibly empty) subvariety of excluded values this invariant both locally parameterises equivalence classes of hyperbolic struc…
New quantum invariants for 3-manifolds with boundary defined via virtual links.
problem Quantum invariants for 3-manifolds with non-vacuous boundaries.
method Surgery on manifolds of the form FimesI and virtual link diagrams. result First meaningful, nontrivial, calculable quantum invariants of 3-manifolds with non-vacuous boundary.
New invariant CWR for alternating links is stronger than existing invariants.
problem Developing a stronger invariant for alternating links.
method Introducing CWR invariant as an array of two-variable polynomials. result The CWR invariant is stronger than classical invariants like HOMFLYPT and Kauffman polynomials. New proof of Yamabe invariant for RP^3 using harmonic functions.
problem Yamabe invariant of RP3 method Using harmonic functions
result New proof of Yamabe invariant for RP3 New knot invariants derived from biquandle quivers.
problem Enhancing knot invariants for virtual and classical knots.
method Categorification using biquandle coloring quivers.
result New infinite families of polynomial invariants.
Given any unoriented link diagram, a group of new knot invariants are constructed. Each of them satisfies a generalized 4 term skein relation. The coefficients of each invariant is from a commutative ring. Homomorphisms and representations of such a ring defines new link invariants. In this sense, they produce the well…
New invariant for links in 3-sphere computed and computed using diagrams.
problem Computing invariants of links in 3-sphere.
method Defining and computing the parabolic Dijkgraaf-Witten invariant.
result Computed invariants of several links and partial information using diagrams.
New invariant for singular links via bt-algebra.
problem Invariants for singular links.
method Representations of singular braid monoid into two parameter bt-algebra.
result More powerful than previous invariants.
New invariant connects boundary PDEs and conformal geometry.
problem Global conformal invariants of boundary PDEs.
method Variational considerations and conformal invariants.
result Compact Bach-flat manifolds with umbilic boundary admit Poincaré-Einstein metrics.
By generalizing the Kuperberg sl(3) bracket, we construct a graph-valued analogue of the Homflypt sl(3) invariant for virtual knots. The restriction of this invariant for classical knots coincides with the usual Homflypt sl(3) invariant, and for virtual knots and graphs it provides new information that allows one to pr…
New invariants for RNA foldings and stuck links defined.
problem Defining invariants for RNA foldings and stuck links.
method Assigning Boltzmann weights at classical and stuck crossings.
result Explicit computations of new invariants provided.
New rational curvature measures for 2-complexes.
problem Measuring curvature in 2-dimensional cell complexes.
method Defined and proved rational curvature invariants.
result Computable rational curvature bounds for 2-complexes.
New invariant for 4-manifolds with framed links, stronger than existing invariants.
problem Distinguishing 4-manifolds with framed links.
method Introducing a new invariant called KLS lasagna homotopy type.
result The new invariant is stronger than existing invariants.
Employing a centro-affine flow on smooth convex bodies, we generate new centro-affine differential invariants. One class of the newly defined invariants is the object of a sharp isoperimetric inequality, while other new inequalities on known centro-affine invariants are obtained as a byproduct of the flow's study. Furt…
We introduce new skein invariants of links based on a procedure where we first apply the skein relation only to crossings of distinct components, so as to produce collections of unlinked knots. We then evaluate the resulting knots using a given invariant. A skein invariant can be computed on each link solely by the use…
New invariant for knotted tori, similar to classical invariant.
problem Defining a new topological invariant for knotted tori.
method Analogous to Levine-Tristram invariant, using gauge theory for singular connections.
result Invariant matches Echeverria's invariant and Langte Ma's general result.
New knot invariant derived from Vassiliev invariant of order 3.
problem Finding new knot invariants using Vassiliev invariants.
method Using Gauss diagram formulas and combinatorial 1-cocycles in moduli space of knots.
result Proved that Vassiliev invariant of order 3 gives a 1-cocycle.
New quantum invariants for 3-manifolds with boundary calculated.
problem Quantum invariants of compact 3-manifolds with non-vacuous boundary.
method Virtual link diagrams and surgery on manifolds of the form FimesI. result Explicit calculations of invariants for some examples.
New geometric invariant from disc intersections captures all coloured Jones polynomials.
problem Constructing a universal knot invariant from configuration spaces.
method Defining a new local system and Lagrangian submanifolds in the disc.
result The new invariant recovers Habiro's universal invariant and more.
New invariant computed for Brieskorn homology spheres.
problem Computing an invariant for specific manifolds.
method Using Dijkgraaf--Witten invariants in topological K-theory.
result Computed invariant for Brieskorn homology spheres.
New distances defined on Legendrian spaces without positive loops.
problem Defining distances on Legendrian spaces without positive loops.
method Constructing unbounded invariant distances on Legendrian isotopy classes.
result Invariant distances on Legendrian isotopy classes are discrete.
For compact real manifolds, a new double conformal invariant is constructed using the Wodzicki residue and the d operator in the framework of Connes. In the flat case, we compute this double conformal invariant, and in some special cases, we also compute this double conformal invariants. For complex manifolds, a new …
New framework learns sufficient invariant features robustly across distribution shifts.
problem Learning robust models under distribution shifts between training and test datasets.
method Sufficient Invariant Learning (SIL) framework and Adaptive Sharpness-aware Group Distributionally Robust Optimization (ASGDRO) algorithm.
result Empirical evaluations confirm ASGDRO's robustness against distribution shifts.
New algebraic structures help categorify link invariants.
problem Classifying and distinguishing links and virtual links.
method Introducing mc-biquandles and categorifying homsets.
result New link invariants defined via mc-biquandle coloring quivers.
Enhances knot counting invariant using skew braces.
problem Counting invariant for virtual knots and links.
method Introduces new invariants using skew brace structures.
result New invariants not determined by the counting invariant.
Study new Ricci flow invariant curvature conditions.
problem Topology of manifolds with pinched curvature.
method Provide quantitative evidence for an unpublished conjecture.
result Topology of manifolds with pinched curvature studied.
New invariants for link analysis include biquandle power brackets.
problem Analyzing oriented links with new invariants.
method Introducing biquandle power brackets as an infinite family of link invariants.
result Biquandle power brackets encompass classical and previous invariants.
In this paper, we define some polynomial invariants for virtual knots and links. In the first part we use Manturov's parity axioms to obtain a new polynomial invariant of virtual knots. This invariant can be regarded as a generalization of the odd writhe polynomial defined by the first author. The relation between this…