Stable-ribbon surface-links have unique handle-irreducible summands.
problem Characterize handle-irreducible summands of stable-ribbon surface-links.
method Combining old results on stably trivial surface-links and surface-knots with infinite cyclic fundamental groups.
result Every handle-irreducible summand of a stably trivial surface-link is a trivial 2-link.
Generalizes ribbonness result for surface-links.
problem Characterizing ribbon surface-links.
method Analyzes handle-irreducible summands and uses equivalences.
result Every stable-ribbon surface-link is a ribbon surface-link.
Surface-links with specific groups are always trivial.
problem Understanding when surface-links are trivial.
method Analyzing surface-links with meridian-based free fundamental groups.
result Disconnected surface-links with meridian-based free fundamental groups are trivial.
New concept of quasi-ribbon surface-links simplifies complex surface-links.
problem Complexity in surface-links of trivial components.
method Introducing quasi-ribbon surface-links as a generalization of ribbon surface-links.
result Every F-link of trivial components on a surface F with at most one aspheric component is a quasi-ribbon surface-link.
Revised proof shows ribbonness of surface-links in 4-sphere.
problem Determining ribbonness of surface-links in 4-sphere.
method Surgery along fusion 1-handle systems to prove ribbonness.
result Surface-links in 4-sphere are ribbon if certain conditions are met.
This note proves properties of surface-links with trivial components.
problem Properties of surface-links with trivial components.
method Analyzes closed oriented disconnected surfaces and their links.
result For certain surface-links, trivial components result in ribbon links.
The paper studies knitted surfaces and surface-links, showing their isotopy and closure properties.
problem Understanding the isotopy and closure properties of knitted surfaces and surface-links.
method Analyzing the structure and closure of knitted surfaces and surface-links in R4. result Any surface-link is ambient isotopic to the closure of a 2-dimensional knit.
We study surface links whose link groups are free abelian, and construct various stimulating and highly non-trivial examples of such surface links.
For an oriented surface link S, we can take a satellite construction called a 2-dimensional braid over S, which is a surface link in the form of a covering over S. We demonstrate that 2-dimensional braids over surface links are useful for showing the distinctness of surface links. We investigate non-trivial examp…
This paper shows how to create surface-links with many triple points.
problem Creating surface-links with a large number of triple points.
method Analogous to knot diagrams, the paper uses broken sheet diagrams to project surface-links and analyze their triple points.
result There are non-split surface-links with arbitrarily many triple points.
Study uses graph Laplacians to analyze surface links.
problem Analyzing virtual genus of surface links.
method Laplacian matrices of weighted graphs in surfaces are used to define invariants.
result Obtained information about virtual genus.
The paper defines a Chern-Simons invariant for stably trivial vector bundles and uses it to obstruct conformal immersions.
problem Obstructing conformal immersions of Riemannian manifolds.
method Defining a Chern-Simons invariant for stably trivial vector bundles and using it to derive an obstruction.
result An obstruction for conformally immersing a n-dimensional Riemannian manifold in a translation manifold of dimension n+1.
We consider surface links in the 4-space which are presented by the form of simple branched coverings over the standard torus, which we call torus-covering links. In this paper, we study unknotting numbers of torus-covering links. In some cases, we can determine the unknotting numbers.
There are many studies about twisted Alexander invariants for knots and links, but calculations of twisted Alexander invariants for spatial graphs, handlebody-knots, and surface-links have not been demonstrated well. In this paper, we give some remarks to calculate the twisted Alexander ideals for spatial graphs, handl…
A quandle coloring obstruction prevents a specific link from being ribbon concordant.
problem Obstructing a specific link from being ribbon concordant.
method Symmetric dihedral quandle coloring analysis.
result A symmetric dihedral quandle of order 4 cannot color a specific surface-link, obstructing ribbon concordance.
The paper verifies stable handleslide triviality of some R-links and shows many are stably equivalent.
problem Stable handleslide triviality of R-links as potential counterexamples to the generalized property R conjecture.
method Implemented an algorithm to construct all R-links explicitly and verified their stable handleslide triviality.
result Many R-links are stably handleslide equivalent.
The paper constructs exotic surface links in 4-ball, proving their Brunnian nature.
problem Investigating exotic surface links in 4-ball.
method Two constructions of Brunnian exotic surface links, using satellite operations and covering links.
result Provided constructions of exotic Brunnian surface links with varied properties.
Unified invariant for immersed surface-links using biquandle cocycles.
problem Invariants for immersed surface-links in 4-space.
method Biquandle cohomology, Roseman moves, singular biquandle 3-cocycles.
result Invariance of state-sum invariant under all generating moves, including singular move (h).
The paper constructs infinitely many G-smoothings of a G-manifold.
problem Constructing G-smoothings of a G-manifold. method Using controlled h-cobordisms. result Infinitely many G-smoothings of a G-manifold are constructed and are isotopic after taking a product with R. We complete our recent classification of compact inner symmetric spaces with weakly complex tangent bundle by filling up a case which was left open, and extend this classification to the larger category of compact homogeneous spaces with positive Euler characteristic. We show that a simply connected compact equal rank …
We introduce the notion of a ribbon-clasp surface-link, which is a generalization of a ribbon surface-link. We generalize the notion of a normal form on embedded surface-links to the case of immersed surface-links and prove that any (immersed) surface-link can be described in a normal form. It is known that an embedded…
Paper extends method of presenting surface-links to immersed surface-links.
problem Presenting immersed surface-links in 4-space.
method Use marked graph diagrams with moves preserving isotopy classes.
result Extended method for presenting immersed surface-links.
A new method for describing surface-links in 4-space.
problem Describing surface-links in 4-dimensional space.
method Introducing a plat form method using braided surfaces.
result Every surface-link can be described in a plat form.
Invariants from biquasile colorings distinguish surface-links.
problem Counting and distinguishing surface-links.
method Coloring oriented surface-links using biquasiles and marked graph diagrams.
result Invariants can distinguish closed surface-links and cobordisms.
Triple linking numbers were defined for 3-component oriented surface-links in 4-space using signed triple points on projections in 3-space. In this paper we give an algebraic formulation using intersections of homology classes (or cup products on cohomology groups). We prove that spherical links have trivial triple lin…
Non-trivialization probability of arc system in 3D space
problem Defining and generalizing the knotting probability of an arc diagram in 3D space
method Transforming polygonal arcs in 3D space into unique arc diagrams
result Introducing and generalizing the Non-Trivialization probability (NT probability) for arc systems in 3D space
Enhanced bikei modules distinguish unoriented and non-orientable surface-links.
problem Distinguishing unoriented and non-orientable surface-links.
method Extending biquandle module invariants to unoriented surface-links using bikei modules.
result Enhanced bikei modules are more effective at distinguishing non-orientable surface-links than bikei homset cardinality alone.
Free surface-links are shown to be ribbon links.
problem Characterizing surface-links as ribbon links.
method Four proofs are provided, including a stabilization approach.
result Every free surface-link is a ribbon surface-link.
Paper classifies surface-links using charts with specific properties.
problem Classifying surface-links with specific charts.
method Using quandle colorings to differentiate charts representing different surface-links.
result Charts in the second class represent different surface-links.
New method finds infinitely many surface knots with specific bridge numbers.
problem Finding numerical invariants for surface links.
method Colorings of surface links by keis to prove bridge number existence.
result Existence of infinitely many surface knots with bridge number n for n ≥ 4.
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.
Upper bounds for surface-links in the Yoshikawa table are estimated.
problem Estimating Kirby-Thompson invariants of surface-links.
method Using tri-plane diagrams and L-, L*-invariants.
result Upper bounds for surface-links in the Yoshikawa table are obtained.
New hyperbolic manifolds with diverse features created.
problem Creating new types of hyperbolic manifolds.
method Using cubulations and hyperbolization procedures.
result First examples of hyperbolic manifolds with non-trivial Stiefel-Whitney and Pontryagin classes.
In this paper, we formulate a construction of ideal coset invariants for surface-links in 4-space using invariants for knots and links in 3-space. We apply the construction to the Kauffman bracket polynomial invariant and obtain an invariant for surface-links called the Kauffman bracket ideal coset invariant of sur…
Paper discusses biquandle cohomology and invariants for surface-links.
problem Computing invariants for surface-links using biquandle theory.
method Developed (co)homology theory of biquandles, introduced new invariants using broken surface diagrams and marked graph diagrams.
result Constructs new invariants for surface-links using biquandle theory.
Characterizes knot groups and symmetric quandles of surface-links.
problem Characterize knot groups and symmetric quandles of surface-links.
method Used plat presentations for surface-links and closed 2-dimensional braids.
result Generalized results to include non-orientable surface-links and showed that dihedral quandles can be realized as symmetric quandles of surface-links.
Paper proves uniqueness of bridge multisections for surfaces in 4-space.
problem Tackles the combinatorial description of surface links in 4-space.
method Develops a surgery operation called band surgery to prove uniqueness.
result Proves any n-valent graph is the spine of a bridge multisection for an unknotted surface. A new mosaic system for immersed surface-links is introduced.
problem Constructing a mosaic system for immersed surface-links.
method Using singular marked graph diagrams, the mosaic number for immersed surface-links is defined and discussed.
result A mosaic system for immersed surface-links is established.
Paper computes knot symmetric quandle for surface-links and finds infinitely many distinct surface-knots.
problem Computing knot symmetric quandle for surface-links.
method Using plat form presentations, the paper computes the knot symmetric quandle for surface-links.
result Infinitely many distinct surface-knots of genus g with plat indices m.
NT probability measures knotting in 3D arc systems.
problem Measuring knotting in 3D arc systems.
method Transforming polygonal arcs into unique diagrams, generalizing NT probability.
result Properties of NT probability for 3D arc systems are shown.
Bounding twist number of surface links using polynomial coefficients.
problem Bounding the twist number of alternating surface links.
method Introducing a generalized homological Kauffman bracket and applying it to surface link diagrams.
result A bound for the twist number of alternating surface links in terms of polynomial coefficients.
In this paper we exhibit infinite families of embedded tori in 4-manifolds that are topologically isotopic but smoothly distinct. The interesting thing about these tori is that they are topologically trivial in the sense that each bounds a topologically embedded solid handlebody. This implies that there are stably ribb…
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.
For all genus g, Powell's elements generate Goeritz groups trivially.
problem Tackles the stability of Powell's Conjecture on Goeritz groups of S^3.
method Shows that the natural function is trivial for each genus g.
result For each genus g, the natural function from G_g to G_{g+1}/P_{g+1} is trivial.
New invariants for surface-links using biquandle modules.
problem Defining invariants for surface-links that are not determined by Alexander ideals.
method Enhancing biquandle counting invariant with biquandle modules.
result New invariants not determined by Alexander ideals.
We characterize the first Alexander Z[Z]-modules of ribbon surface-links in the 4-sphere fixing the number of components and the total genus, and then the first Alexander Z[Z]-modules of surface-links in the 4-sphere fixing the number of components. Using the result of ribbon torus-links, we also characterize the first…
In-degree quiver polynomials for surface-links computed.
problem Computing in-degree quiver polynomials for surface-links.
method Defined using a quandle and set of endomorphisms, computed for surface-links with ch-index up to 10.
result Example computations for surface-links with ch-index up to 10.
This paper compiles and calculates triple point numbers for surface-links in Yoshikawa's table.
problem Determining the triple point number of surface-links in Yoshikawa's table.
method Using broken sheet diagrams, the paper compiles known triple point numbers and calculates or bounds the remaining ones.
result Compilation and calculation of triple point numbers for surface-links in Yoshikawa's table.