Satellite links of fully positive braids are characterized.
problem Characterizing satellite links of fully positive braids.
method Analyzing fully positive braids and their satellites.
result Satellite links of fully positive braids are characterized by specific conditions.
Positive braid knots have simple knot Floer homology.
problem Computing knot Floer homology for positive braids.
method Computed the next-to-top term of knot Floer homology.
result Rank is 1 for any prime positive braid knot.
Study improves HOMFLY polynomial coefficients for positive braid links.
problem Determining HOMFLY polynomial coefficients for positive braid links.
method Using geometric invariants like maximum Euler characteristics, number of split and prime factors.
result Improvements in known results for Conway and Jones polynomials of positive braid links.
Positive braids have endless filling possibilities.
problem Understanding exact Lagrangian fillings of positive braid links.
method Analyzing positive braid Legendrian links and their fillings.
result Positive braid Legendrian links have infinitely many exact Lagrangian fillings.
The study establishes conditions for positive and quasi-positive links.
problem Characterizing and testing positive and quasi-positive links.
method Proves necessary conditions for link concordance and positivity.
result Characterizes positive links with unlinking number 1 and 2, and tests positive links as closures of positive braids.
Homogeneous quasipositive links are positive if their Seifert circles match braid index.
problem When are homogeneous quasipositive links positive?
method Showed that a specific type of diagram is positive.
result Homogeneous diagrams with matching Seifert circles and braid index are positive.
Satellite links with many twists have simpler companions.
problem Relationship between satellite and companion links' complexity.
method Constructing satellite links with multiple full twists and analyzing their companion links.
result Satellite links with many twists have simpler companion links.
We characterise positive braid links with positive Seifert form via a finite number of forbidden minors. From this we deduce a one-to-one correspondence between prime positive braid links with positive Seifert form and simply laced Dynkin diagrams, as well as a simple classification of alternating positive braid knots.
Study of Lorenz links and T-links, showing equivalence and unique presentations.
problem Understanding equivalence and uniqueness of T-link presentations for Lorenz links.
method Minimal-braid approach, V-link braids, T-link parameters, geometric type criteria.
result Explicit correspondence between V-links and T-links, criteria for equivalence and uniqueness.
Study of Legendrian links using Floer theory and cluster varieties.
problem Understanding exact Lagrangian fillings of positive braid Legendrian links.
method Floer-theoretic approach and exact Lagrangian cobordisms.
result Proves that positive braid Legendrian links admit infinitely many exact Lagrangian fillings.
Characterizes a subset of links using quasipositive and homogeneous properties.
problem Understanding the properties of T-positive links.
method Characterization through strongly quasipositive and T-homogeneous braids.
result T-positive links are precisely the strongly quasipositive links that are closures of T-homogeneous braids.
We associate an open book with any connected plane checkerboard graph, thus providing a common extension of the classes of prime positive braid links and positive tree-like Hopf plumbings. As an application, we prove that the link type of a prime positive braid closure is determined by the linking graph associated with…
We show that 3-braid links with given (non-zero) Alexander or Jones polynomial are finitely many, and can be effectively determined. We classify among closed 3-braids strongly quasipositive and fibered ones, and show that 3-braid links have a unique incompressible Seifert surface. We also classify the positive braid wo…
Strongly quasipositive links are those links which can be seen as closures of positive braids in terms of band generators. In this paper we give a necessary condition for a link with braid index 3 to be strongly quasipositive, by proving that in that case it has positive Conway polynomial (that is, all its coefficients…
Study positive 3-braids to compute Khovanov homology.
problem Compute Khovanov homology of positive 3-braids.
method Classify conjugacy classes of 3-braids using Garside theory, compute Khovanov homology for closed positive 3-braids.
result Compute first four columns and three lowest rows of Khovanov homology for closed positive 3-braids.
3-manifolds can be created from braids.
problem Creating 3-manifolds from braids.
method Proving every 3-manifold is a Dehn surgery on a braid positive link.
result Every closed, oriented, connected 3-manifold is a Dehn surgery on a braid positive link.
Proves a quasi-order on fibre surfaces of positive braid links.
problem Ordering fibre surfaces of positive braid links.
method Analyzes quasipositive surfaces and their inclusions.
result Induced order on fibre surfaces is a well-quasi-order under certain conditions.
Based on recent work by Futer, Kalfagianni and Purcell, we prove that the volume of sufficiently complicated positive braid links is proportional to the signature defect Δσ=2g−σ.
The paper studies hyperbolic geometry of links formed by adding trivial components to knots.
problem Characterizing hyperbolic geometry in links formed by adding trivial components to knots.
method Examining generalized augmented links of knots given by positive braids with at least one full twist.
result Conditions for the hyperbolic geometry of these links are identified.
We give asymptotically sharp upper bounds for the Khovanov width and the dealternation number of positive braid links, in terms of their crossing number. The same braid-theoretic technique, combined with Ozsváth, Stipsicz, and Szabó's Upsilon invariant, allows us to determine the exact cobordism distance between torus …
Study on quantum sl3 invariant for positive links.
problem Characterizing and understanding the quantum sl3 invariant of positive links. method Skein theory of sl3-webs, explicit formulae, diagrammatic quantities, obstructions. result Positive links are fibered if and only if the second coefficient of the polynomial is 1.
It was asked by J.Birman, Williams, and L.Rudolph whether nontrivial Lorentz knots have always positive signature. Lorentz knots are examples of positive braids (in our convention they have all crossings negative so they are negative links). It was shown by L.Rudolph that positive braids have positive signature (if the…
New links identified with Alexander polynomial signs to detect satellite links.
problem Detecting satellite links using Alexander polynomial coefficients.
method Introduced a set of links including positive braids and arborescent Hopf plumbings. Showed links in this set have opposite signs for leading and second coefficients of Alexander polynomials.
result Certain satellite links, like (n,1)-cables, are not in the set of links with opposite sign coefficients.
Study on signatures of positive braids with bounds derived.
problem Understanding signatures of positive braids and their invariants.
method Derived lower bounds for Levine-Tristram signatures, and upper and lower bounds on signature ratios.
result Established bounds on signatures of positive braids, uniformly valid across monoids.
It is shown that two braids represent transversally isotopic links if and only if one can pass from one braid to another by conjugations in braid groups, positive Markov moves, and their inverses.
Twisted torus links are given by twisting a subset of strands on a closed braid representative of a torus link. T--links are a natural generalization, given by repeated positive twisting. We establish a one-to-one correspondence between positive braid representatives of Lorenz links and T--links, so Lorenz links and T-…
Study cobordism distances between 3-braid links and trefoil knots.
problem Understanding the geometric relationship between 3-braid links and trefoil knots.
method Determined cobordism distances between 3-braid links and trefoil knots, and explored limits of Coxeter's braid group result.
result Found cobordism distances between 3-braid links and trefoil knots, up to a constant error.
Positive braids with at least two twists form hyperbolic knots.
problem Classifying knots formed by specific braids.
method Conditions on positive braids with at least two full twists.
result Closure of such braids forms hyperbolic knots.
Positive braids have a signature bound by their Betti number.
problem Bounding the signature of positive braids.
method Using the first Betti number as a lower bound for the signature.
result The signature is bounded from below by one-quarter of the first Betti number.
We use the Birman-Ko-Lee presentation of the braid group to show that all closures of strongly quasipositive braids whose normal form contains a positive power of the dual Garside element δ are fibered. We classify links which admit such a braid representative in geometric terms as boundaries of plumbings of positive…
Characterizes diagrams achieving Morton-Franks-Williams inequality for positive knots and links.
problem Understanding when the Morton-Franks-Williams inequality holds for positive knots and links.
method Combinatorial characterisation and generating examples.
result Examples of diagrams achieving crossing number, braid index, and maximal self-linking number.
The depth of a link measures the minimum height of a resolving tree for the link whose leaves are all unlinks. We show that the depth of the closure of a strictly positive braid word is the length of the word minus the number of distinct letters.
Twisted links are obtained from a base link by starting with a n-braid representation, choosing several (m) adjacent strands, and applying one or more twists to the set. Various restrictions may be applied, e.g. the twists may be required to be positive or full twists, or the base braid may be required to have a ce…
We provide the optimal linear bound for the signature of positive four-braids in terms of the three-genus of their closures. As a consequence, we improve previously known linear bounds for the signature in terms of the first Betti number for all positive braid links. We obtain our results by combining bounds for positi…
The paper defines and computes a knot complement invariant for simple links.
problem Defining and computing a knot complement invariant for simple links.
method Using the large color R-matrix to study the Gukov-Manolescu series.
result Presentation of strange identities for positive braid knots.
The closure of a braid in a closed orientable surface Σ is a link in Σ×S1. We classify such closed surface braids up to isotopy and homeomorphism (with a small indeterminacy for isotopy of closed sphere braids), algebraically in terms of the surface braid group. We find that in positive genus, braids close t…
Study links' arc index and Turaev genus, proving conjectures.
problem Understanding the arc index and Turaev genus of links.
method Computed arc index, established bounds, and conjectured inequalities.
result Proved conjectures linking crossing number, arc index, and Turaev genus.
Study reveals striking uniformity in triply graded link homology for specific braids.
problem Investigating the structure of reduced triply graded link homology in specific degrees.
method Diagrammatic approach to Hochschild cohomology of Soergel bimodules.
result Homology often zero, especially in negative braid case, with striking uniformity.
Positive braids linked to knot invariants and geometric monodromy groups.
problem Understanding knot invariants and geometric monodromy groups for positive braids.
method Associate braid monodromy groups to positive braids, identify these groups with framed mapping class groups for knots, and use these to determine knot invariants.
result Geometric monodromy groups of irreducible singularities are determined by genus and Arf invariant of associated knots.
We prove that a nicely fibered link (by which we mean the binding of an open book) in a tight contact manifold (M,ξ) with zero Giroux torsion has a transverse representative realizing the Bennequin bound if and only if the contact structure it supports (since it is also the binding of an open book) is ξ. This gives…
Proof confirms conjecture for certain braids and their closures.
problem Conjecture about real algebraic links and fibered links.
method Analyzes T-homogeneous and related braids, proving conjecture for their closures.
result Conjecture confirmed for closures of T-homogeneous braids.
New foliations found in 3D spaces from positive braids.
problem Finding taut foliations in 3D complements of positive braids.
method Dehn surgery on multislopes for non-split positive braids.
result Non-L-space complements with co-oriented taut foliations.
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.
The study of random positive 3-strand braids reveals patterns in the roots of their Alexander polynomials.
problem Investigating the roots of Alexander polynomials of random positive 3-strand braids.
method Experimental data analysis, conjectures refinement, and proof of results using tools like the signature function of links and Lyapunov exponent of the Burau representation.
result Generically, at least 69% of the roots of Alexander polynomials are on the unit circle, with a large root-free region near the origin.
We define the notion of a braided link cobordism in S3×[0,1], which generalizes Viro's closed surface braids in R4. We prove that any properly embedded oriented surface W⊂S3×[0,1] is isotopic to a surface in this special position, and that the isotopy can be taken rel boundary wh…
We provide a diagrammatic criterion for semi-adequate links to be hyperbolic. We also give a conjectural description of the satellite structures of semi-adequate links. One application of our result is that the closures of sufficiently complicated positive braids are hyperbolic links.
The paper classifies hyperbolic and satellite T-links formed by twisting.
problem Classifying hyperbolic and satellite T-links formed by twisting.
method Classification through Dehn filling and analysis of parent links.
result Classification of hyperbolic and satellite T-links formed by twisting.
Paper calculates braid indices for reverse parallel links of alternating knots.
problem Determining braid indices for arbitrary knots is challenging.
method Developed a precise formula for braid indices of reverse parallel links of alternating knots.
result A formula to calculate braid indices of reverse parallel links of alternating knots.