An oriented link is positive if it has a link diagram whose crossings are all positive. An oriented link is almost positive if it is not positive and has a link diagram with exactly one negative crossing. It is known that the Rasmussen invariant, -genus and -genus of a positive knot are equal. In this paper, we p…
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Shows large unknotting number for simple knots.
problem Finding minimum crossing changes for unknotting.
method Positive-to-negative crossing changes without increasing genus.
result Genus non-increasing totally positive unknotting number can be large.
We show that a positive braid knot has maximal topological 4-genus exactly if it has maximal signature invariant. As an application, we determine all positive braid knots with maximal topological 4-genus and compute the topological 4-genus for all positive braid knots with up to 12 crossings.
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.
Constructs self-expanders of positive genus for cones in R^3.
problem Creating self-expanders of positive genus for cones in R^3.
method Constructs self-expanders asymptotic to cones, uses mean curvature flow.
result Constructs self-expanders with unbounded genus asymptotic to a rotationally symmetric cone.
New open books defy positive factorisation in genus one.
problem Understanding Stein fillable contact structures and their monodromies.
method Constructing an infinite family of open books with specific properties.
result Monodromies of constructed open books do not admit positive factorisations.
We show that the difference between the Seifert genus and the topological 4-genus of a prime positive braid knot is bounded from below by an affine function of the minimal number of strands among positive braid representatives of the knot. We deduce that among prime positive braid knots, the property of having such a g…
We first construct a genus zero positive allowable Lefschetz fibration over the disk (a genus zero PALF for short) on the Akbulut cork and describe the monodromy as a positive factorization in the mapping class group of a surface of genus zero with five boundary components. We then construct genus zero PALFs on infinit…
Minimal surfaces in spheres found for any genus.
problem Finding minimal surfaces with arbitrary genus in 3-spheres.
method Topological structure analysis and embedding theorem.
result Every positive Ricci curvature 3-sphere contains a genus g surface.
We prove new results about unknotting fibered positive knots and braids.
problem Proving the unknotting number equals genus for fibered positive knots and braids.
method Analyzing positive braid diagrams and fibered positive knots, proving new constraints and conjectures.
result We found fibered positive knots that cannot be unknotted optimally, contradicting Stoimenow's conjecture.
We prove several results about the vanishing of the elliptic genus on positively curved Spin manifolds with logarithmic symmetry rank. The proofs are based on the rigidity of the elliptic genus and Kennard's improvement of the Connectedness Lemma for transversely intersecting, totally geodesic submanifolds.
It is known that the minimal degree of the Jones polynomial of a positive knot is equal to its genus, and the minimal coefficient is 1. We extend this result to almost positive links and partly identify the 3 following coefficients for special types of positive links. We also give counterexamples to the Jones polynomia…
The study counts minimal surfaces in 3-manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
problem Counting minimal surfaces in 3-manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
method An enumerative min-max theorem linking surface counts to topological properties.
result Every 3-sphere of positive Ricci curvature contains at least 4 embedded minimal surfaces of genus 2.
Knots of genus twomath.GT
We classify all knot diagrams of genus two and three, and give applications to positive, alternating and homogeneous knots, including a classification of achiral genus 2 alternating knots, slice or achiral 2-almost positive knots, a proof of the 3- and 4-move conjectures, and the calculation of the maximal hyperbolic v…
We use Colding--Minicozzi lamination theory to study the systole of large genus minimal surfaces in an ambient three-manifold of positive Ricci curvature.
The paper explores positivity conditions for -genus and their implications on Chern numbers and symplectic manifolds.
problem Optimizing Chern number inequalities for almost-complex manifolds.
method Introducing and analyzing positivity conditions for the modified -genus and applying them to Chern numbers and symplectic manifolds.
result Optimal Chern number inequalities hold for many important Kähler and symplectic manifolds.
We provide linear lower bounds for the signature of positive braids in terms of the three genus of their braid closure. This yields linear bounds for the topological slice genus of knots that arise as closures of positive braids.
In this work we prove that the Whitehead manifold has no complete metric of positive scalar curvature. This result can be generalized to the genus one case. Precisely, we show that no contractible genus one -manifold admits a complete metric of positive scalar curvature.
Handlebody groups are virtual duality groups in positive genus.
problem Understanding the structure of handlebody groups.
method Analyzing mapping class groups and their dualizing modules.
result Description of dualizing modules for handlebody groups.
We create Lefschetz fibrations for knot traces of specific types of knots.
problem Constructing Lefschetz fibrations for knot traces of alternating and extended alternating knots.
method Applying a method from Stein surfaces to knot traces, constructing PALFs with specific properties.
result Knot traces of alternating and extended alternating knots admit Lefschetz fibrations with fibers of small genus.
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.
A 2-systolic inequality on non-rational compact Kähler surfaces with positive scalar curvaturemath.DG
Proves a new inequality for certain complex surfaces.
problem Analyzes compact Kähler surfaces with positive scalar curvature.
method Uses properties of holomorphic maps and ruled surfaces.
result Proves a 2-systolic inequality on these surfaces.
Study on equivariant Heegaard genus of reducible 3-manifolds with group actions.
problem Understanding the equivariant Heegaard genus of reducible 3-manifolds with group actions.
method Thin position theory for 3-dimensional orbifolds to establish bounds on equivariant Heegaard genus.
result Sharp bounds on equivariant Heegaard genus of reducible manifolds, similar to tunnel number results.
The study finds a way to create minimal surfaces with specific shapes in 3-manifolds.
problem Creating minimal surfaces with prescribed genus in 3-manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
method Develops a min-max theory and shows deformability of surfaces in a generic metric.
result Establishes a theorem for producing minimal surfaces with prescribed genus.
We study the four-genus of linear combinations of torus knots: aT(p,q) # -bT(p',q'). Fixing positive p, q, p', and q', our focus is on the behavior of the four-genus as a function of positive a and b. Three types of examples are presented: in the first, for all a and b the four-genus is completely determined by the Tri…
Smooth HP^2 bundle over S^4 with nontrivial A-genus found.
problem Existence of Riemannian metrics with positive sectional curvature.
method Explained existence of a smooth HP^2 bundle over S^4 with nontrivial A-genus.
result Existence of a smooth HP^2 bundle over S^4 with nontrivial A-genus.
Ricci-positive manifolds span the kernel of the -genus in rational Spin bordism.
problem Rational Spin bordism classes of Ricci-positive manifolds
method Smooth complete intersections of quadrics
result Ricci-positive manifolds span the kernel of the -genus
Study mapping class group actions on surface fundamental groups.
problem Understanding group actions on surface fundamental groups.
method Computing image of mapping class group generators as outer automorphisms.
result Computed images of mapping class group generators on fundamental groups.
It is a conjecture that the signature of a positive link is bounded below by an increasing function of its negated Euler characteristic. In relation to this conjecture, we apply the generator description for canonical genus to show that the boundedness of the genera of positive knots with given signature can be algorit…
Classifies 3-braid knots with maximal 4-genus using McCoy's method.
problem Classifying 3-braid knots with maximal 4-genus.
method McCoy's twisting method and Xu normal form.
result Upper bounds for the topological 4-genus of 3-braid knots.
Study of new link types and their invariants, extending previous results.
problem Properties of polynomial invariants and signatures of weakly successively almost positive links.
method Analysis of minimal genus and fibering properties, extending known theorems.
result Extension of Scharlemann-Thompson's theorem to weakly successively almost positive links.
Paper finds minimal number of curves in surface systems.
problem Determining minimal number of curves in surface systems.
method Analyzes oriented surfaces of genus g for positive integers k and g.
result Exact minimal number of curves in filling k-systems.
New analysis of crushing surfaces of positive genus impacts triangulation complexity.
problem Crushing surfaces of positive genus can drastically change triangulation topology.
method Detailed analysis of crushing effects on closed essential surfaces of positive genus.
result Proved results about triangulation complexity and JSJ decompositions.
The paper shows knots can have zero support genus in certain spaces.
problem Understanding the support genus of Legendrian knots in specific spaces.
method Using open book decompositions and positive Dehn twists.
result Knots and links can have Legendrian representatives with support genus zero in certain spaces.
We describe the genus two knots which admit a genus one, one bridge position. These are divided into several families, one consists of vertical bandings of two genus one -knots, other consists of vertical bandings of two cross cap number two 2-bridge knots, and the last one consists of genus two tunnel number on…
The Klein quartic maximizes the multiplicity of the first positive eigenvalue of the Laplacianmath.GT
Klein quartic maximizes the first positive Laplacian eigenvalue's multiplicity to 8.
problem Maximizing the first positive eigenvalue's multiplicity of the Laplacian.
method Analyzing hyperbolic surfaces of genus 3 and 2, proving the Klein quartic's maximality.
result Klein quartic maximizes the first positive Laplacian eigenvalue's multiplicity to 8.
We show that a torus knot which is not 2-bridge has a unique irreducible bridge splitting of positive genus.
By a theorem of A'Campo, the eigenvalues of certain Coxeter transformations are positive real or lie on the unit circle. By optimally bounding the signature of tree-like positive Hopf plumbings from below by the genus, we prove that at least two thirds of them lie on the unit circle. In contrast, we show that for divid…
Questions of geography of various classes of -manifolds have been a central motivating question in -manifold topology. Baykur and Korkmaz asked which small, simply connected, minimal -manifolds admit a genus Lefschetz fibration. They were able to classify all the possible homeomorphism types and realize al…
A specific set of 4g+1 elements is shown to generate the Goeritz group of the genus g+1 Heegaard splitting of a genus g handlebody. These generators are consistent with Powell's proposed generating set for the Goeritz group of the genus g+1 splitting of S^3. There are two proofs: one using purely classical techniques a…
A geometric argument is given to prove that the Seifert genus of a positive knot equals its slice genus. A combinatorial invariant, giving a lower bound for the slice genus, is formulated for arbitrary knots. Properties and applications of this invariant are discussed.
We continue the study of the genus of knot diagrams, deriving a new description of generators using Hirasawa's algorithm. This description leads to good estimates on the maximal number of crossings of generators and allows us to complete their classification for knots of genus 4. As applications of the genus 4 classifi…
Study singular fibers in genus 2 algebraic fibrations and their monodromy factorizations.
problem Classify singular fibers in genus 2 algebraic fibrations and relate them to Lefschetz fibrations.
method Analyze four families of hypersurface singularities in C^3, determine resolutions, and find flat deformations into simpler pieces.
result Establish a dictionary between configurations of curves and monodromy factorizations for some genus 2 fibrations.
A knot K in 1-bridge position with respect to a genus-g Heegaard surface in a 3-manifold can be moved by isotopy through knots in 1-bridge position until it lies in a union of n parallel genus-g surfaces tubed together by n-1 straight tubes, with K intersecting each tube in two arcs connecting the ends. We prove that t…
Let M be a 3-manifold (possibly with boundary). We show that, for any positive integer g, there exists an open nonempty set of metrics on M for each of which there are stable compact embedded minimal surfaces of genus g with arbitrarily large area. This extends the result of Colding and Minicozzi for g=1.
The Turaev genus defines a natural filtration on knots where Turaev genus zero knots are precisely the alternating knots. We show that the signature of a Turaev genus one knot is determined by the number of components in its all-A Kauffman state, the number of positive crossings, and its determinant. We also show that …
In this paper, the support genus of all Legendrian right handed trefoil knots and some other Legendrian knots is computed. We give examples of Legendrian knots in the three-sphere with the standard contact structure which have positive support genus with arbitrarily negative Thurston-Benniquin invariant. This answers a…
We show that for each pair of positive integers g and n, there are infinitely many tunnel number one knots, whose exteriors contain an essential meridional surface of genus g, and with 2n boundary components. We also show that for each positive integer n, there are tunnel number one knots whose exteriors contain n disj…