New algorithm constructs characters of rational VOAs from knot complements.
problem Constructing characters of rational VOAs from knot complements.
method 3D N=2 gauge theories, Dimofte-Gaiotto-Gukov construction, 3D N=4 rank-0 SCFT, topological twist. result New Nahm-sum-like expressions for Virasoro minimal model characters.
Study reveals connection between torus links and logarithmic VOAs.
problem Understanding the relationship between torus links and logarithmic VOAs.
method Proposed a geometric method to compute the singlet character of (s,t)-log VOA. result The singlet character of (s,t)-log VOA at the root of unity coincides with the Kashaev invariant and exhibits quantum modularity. Characters from logarithmic VOAs linked to torus link invariants.
problem Understanding characters of logarithmic vertex operator algebras.
method Relating characters to coloured Jones invariants of torus links.
result Characters of logarithmic VOAs are limits of coloured Jones invariants of torus links.
Proposes categorification of Z-invariants for specific 3-manifolds.
problem Categorification of Z-invariants for negative definite plumbed 3-manifolds.
method Abelian categorification using 3d N=2 theory and log VOAs.
result Nested Weyl-type character formulas reconstruct Z^-invariants. Abstract studies 3-manifolds and vertex algebras, expanding known connections.
problem Understanding the relationship between 3-manifolds and vertex algebras.
method Developed a dictionary between 3-manifolds and vertex algebras using q-series. result Generalized known entries to higher rank Lie groups and 3-manifolds with toral boundaries.
We introduce two K-theories, one for vector bundles whose fibers are modules of vertex operator algebras, another for vector bundles whose fibers are modules of associative algebras. We verify the cohomological properties of these K-theories, and construct a natural homomorphism from the VOA K-theory to the associa…
The paper constructs new rational homology 3-spheres bounding rational homology 4-balls.
problem Constructing rational homology 3-spheres that bound rational homology 4-balls.
method Exploring plumbed 3-manifolds and using rational homology circles.
result Infinite families of rational homology 3-spheres that bound rational homology 4-balls.
The present paper attempts to show an alternative approach with regards to rational Pythagorean-hodograph (PH) curves and especially more natural approach for rational PH helices (i.e. rational helices). It exploits geometric features of rational helices to obtain a simpler construction of these curves and apply this t…
Classifies real rational knots and curves in a specific quadric space.
problem Classifying real rational knots and curves in a quadric space of signature (3,2). method Classification through a study of real rational curves of low degree in the quadric.
result Provides representatives of all real rational knots of degree ≤5 in the quadric. New method for simplifying knots with specific properties.
problem Understanding knots with a specific unknotting number.
method Derive and apply the Montesinos trick for proper rational tangle replacement.
result Prove that knots with proper rational unknotting number one are prime and classify certain types.
The study calculates the average genus of rational knots and links.
problem Finding the average genus of rational knots and links.
method Enumerating and calculating the number of rational knots and links with a given crossing number.
result A precise formula for the average minimal genus of rational knots and links.
We note that a rational 3-tangle diagram is obtained from a combination of four generators. There is an algorithm to distinguish two rational 3-tangle diagrams up to isotopy. However, there is no perfect classification about rational 3-tangle diagrams such as the classification of rational 2-tangle diagrams cor…
New rational band moves simplify knot classification.
problem Classifying knots using rational moves.
method Introduced oriented rational band moves and proved their effectiveness.
result Knots that can be unlinkified by rational moves are rationally slice.
Classifies surgeries on torus knots and cables that bound rational homology balls.
problem Which surgeries on torus knots and cables bound rational homology balls?
method Classification based on integral surgeries and rational numbers q/p for cables.
result Set of rational numbers q/p for cables of a given knot K is bounded.
Jones polynomial coincidences explored for rational knots.
problem Identifying coincidences in Jones polynomial of rational knots.
method Moves on continued fraction expansion of rational knots, conjectured to generate all coincidences.
result Conjectured moves are sufficient to generate all Jones rational coincidences.
Lower bounds on rational slice genus using Heegaard Floer invariants.
problem Measuring complexity of homology classes in 4-manifolds.
method Introducing rational slice genus, bounding Heegaard Floer τ invariants, using satellite links and closed braids.
result Lower bounds on rational slice genus in terms of Heegaard Floer τ invariants.
This paper gives two new combinatorial topological proofs of the classification of rational tangles. Each proof rests on an elegant lemma showing that rational tangles are isotopic to canonical alternating rational tangles. The first proof defines the tangle fraction from the canonical form and uses flyping to prove in…
Study connects taffy pulling, fractions, and rational tangles.
problem Understanding the relationship between taffy pulling, fractions, and rational tangles.
method Developed a taffy analogue for Conway's characterization of rational tangles and gave a geometric connection.
result Direct geometric connection between rational tangles and taffy pulls.
New knots show linear independence in slice concordance.
problem Understanding the structure of rationally slice knots.
method Provided an infinite family of knots that are linearly independent.
result Found knots that are linearly independent and infinite order.
The paper proves that rational concordance of double twist knots is reciprocal.
problem Determining when double twist knots are rationally slice.
method Using Donaldson's diagonalization theorem, the paper constructs rational ball obstructions for non-rational sliceness.
result Infinitely many prime power-fold cyclic branched covers do not bound a rational ball, proving the converse of rational concordance.
In this paper, we introduce a rational τ invariant for rationally null-homologous knots in contact 3-manifolds with nontrivial Ozsváth-Szabó contact invariants. Such an invariant is an upper bound for the sum of rational Thurston-Bennequin invariant and the rational rotation number of the Legendrian representatives o…
This paper is an introduction to rational tangles, rational knots and links and their applications to DNA. The paper can be read as an introduction to our more technical papers on rational tangles (math.GT/0311499) and on rational knots (math.GT/0212011). The present paper includes a self-contained account of the tangl…
New findings on knots that are both topologically and rationally slice.
problem Understanding knots that are both topologically and rationally slice.
method Analyzing the concordance group of knots in S3. result There are infinitely many topologically slice knots that are strongly rationally slice but not slice.
The study explores pinwheels in symplectic surfaces and non-squeezing of rational homology balls.
problem Understanding when Lagrangian pinwheels embed in symplectic rational and ruled surfaces.
method Almost toric fibrations and symplectic rational blow-up.
result A rational homology ball embeds into a rational homology cylinder if and only if the parameter is greater than or equal to 1.
Classifies torus bundles bounding 4-manifolds with rational homology.
problem Classifying torus bundles over the circle that bound 4-manifolds with rational homology.
method Completely classified torus bundles over the circle that bound 4-manifolds with rational homology.
result Completely classified torus bundles over the circle that bound 4-manifolds with rational homology.
Study shows conditions for rational ellipticity of manifolds with symmetries.
problem Conditions for rational ellipticity of manifolds with symmetries.
method Analyzes conditions on compact simply connected manifolds with G-actions. result Proves rational ellipticity of M/G if M satisfies certain conditions. In this paper, We introduce an invariant of rational n-tangles which is obtained from the Kauffman bracket. It forms a vector with Laurent polynomial entries. We prove that the invariant classifies the rational 2-tangles and the reduced alternating rational 3-tangles. We conjecture that it classifies the rational 3-tan…
We give a characterization of closed, simply connected, rationally elliptic 6-manifolds in terms of their rational cohomology rings and a partial classification of their real cohomology rings. We classify rational, real and complex homotopy types of closed, simply connected, rationally elliptic 7-manifolds. We give par…
New 3-manifolds bound rational 4-balls through specific operations.
problem Finding rational homology 3-spheres that bound rational homology 4-balls.
method Two operations that preserve lattice embedding obstruction to bounding rational homology balls.
result Explicit examples of rational surgeries on torus knots that bound rational homology balls.
New knot invariant λ bounds rational unknotting.
problem Bounding rational unknotting number.
method Extracted invariant λ from Khovanov homology.
result Invariant λ is lower bound for proper rational unknotting number.
New proof for curved 3-cohom manifold rational ellipticity.
problem Rational ellipticity of curved manifolds with specific cohomogeneity.
method Proved rationally elliptic for cohomogeneity-three manifolds with positive curvature and no boundary quotient.
result Closed, simply connected, positively curved, cohomogeneity-three manifolds without boundary are rationally elliptic.
New 4-manifold accounts for rationally slice knots.
problem Characterize rationally slice knots.
method Show independence of construction of rational homology ball VK. result Single 4-manifold accounts for all known rationally slice knots.
We give a complete classification of the spherical 3-manifolds that bound smooth rational homology 4-balls. Furthermore, we determine the order of spherical 3-manifolds in the rational homology cobordism group of rational homology 3-spheres. To this end, we use constraints for 3-manifolds to bound rational homology bal…
We introduce the notion of rational links in the solid torus. We show that rational links in the solid torus are fully characterized by rational tangles, and hence by the continued fraction of the rational tangle. Furthermore, we generalize this by giving an infinite family of ambient isotopy invariants of colored diag…
We formulate the equivalence problem, in the sense of E. Cartan, for families of minimal rational curves on uniruled projective manifolds. An important invariant of this equivalence problem is the variety of minimal rational tangents. We study the case when varieties of minimal rational tangents at general points form …
Homological stability fails for Cremona groups, rational varieties, and function fields.
problem Homological stability in Cremona groups fails in both possible ways.
method Explained the failure of homological stability for Cremona groups.
result Homological stability fails for Cremona groups in both possible ways.
We construct normal rationally connected varieties (of arbitrarily large dimension) not containing any smooth rational curves.
In 1973, J. Cheeger and J. Simons raised the following question that still remains open and is known as the Rational Simplex Problem: Given a geodesic simplex in the spherical 3-space so that all of its interior dihedral angles are rational multiples of π, is it true that its volume is a rational multiple of the volu…
Rational neural networks approximate functions more efficiently with less depth.
problem Choosing optimal nonlinear activation functions in neural networks.
method Rational activation functions with optimal bounds and efficiency proofs.
result Rational neural networks approximate smooth functions more efficiently than ReLU networks with exponentially smaller depth.
Survey on minimal rational curves and their geometric structures.
problem Germ-equivalence problem of minimal rational curves on uniruled projective manifolds.
method Analysis of isotrivial families of projective varieties and G-structures.
result Natural G-structure on Zariski-open subset of uniruled projective manifolds.
The study of symplectic fillings for rational cuspidal curves.
problem Understanding symplectic fillings of contact manifolds associated with rational cuspidal curves.
method Exploration through Stein handlebodies and rational blow-downs.
result Examples of contact manifolds that are links of normal surface singularities, and those that do not admit symplectic fillings.
New metrics compare rational spectra using optimal transport.
problem Comparing rational spectra efficiently and accurately.
method Optimal transport and linear-systems theory.
result Established connection to Wasserstein distance.
Study shows no smooth embeddings of rational homology balls into complex projective plane.
problem Embedding rational homology balls into complex projective plane.
method Elementary arguments to prove non-existence of almost complex embeddings.
result No smooth embeddings of rational homology balls into complex projective plane.
Method to create rational Seifert surfaces for knots in Lens space.
problem Creating rational Seifert surfaces for knots in Lens space.
method Assuming a regular projection, construct rational Seifert surface on twist toroidal diagram.
result A method to construct rational Seifert surfaces for knots in Lens space.
We consider the dynamics of rational semigroups (semigroups of rational maps) on the Riemann sphere. We provide proof that a random backward iteration algorithm to draw the pictures of the Julia sets, previously proven to work in the context of iteration of a rational map of degree two or more, extends to finitely gene…
Study of rational curves in complex manifolds with specific normal bundles.
problem Characterizing rational curves in complex manifolds with given normal bundles.
method Analyzing differential and projective geometric properties of rational curves and their tangents.
result Classification of rational curves into Goursat and Cartan types based on their geometric properties.
The paper characterizes Conway-Coxeter friezes using rational links.
problem Characterizing Conway-Coxeter friezes of zigzag type.
method Characterization via rational links and application to Jones polynomial.
result Jones polynomial can be defined for Conway-Coxeter friezes of zigzag type.
Rationally null-homologous links in Seifert fibered spaces may be represented combinatorially via labeled diagrams. We introduce an additional condition on a labeled link diagram and prove that it is equivalent to the existence of a rational Seifert surface for the link. In the case when this condition is satisfied, we…