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Defines state sum models with defects in 3-manifolds.

Defines a universal state sum construction for various TQFTs.

In this paper we give a short introduction to our results on the holonomy of gerbe-connections and explain our motivation coming from state-sum models.

The paper characterizes boundaries in Turaev-Viro TQFTs and Dijkgraaf-Witten theories.

New proof for knot state-sum formula using bijection between states.

This work studies the problem of stochastic dynamic filtering and state propagation with complex beliefs. The main contribution is GP-SUM, a filtering algorithm tailored to dynamic systems and observation models expressed as Gaussian Processes (GP), and to states represented as a weighted sum of Gaussians. The key attr…

We develop a dimer model for the Alexander polynomial of a knot. This recovers Kauffman's state sum model for the Alexander polynomial using the language of dimers. By providing some additional structure we are able to extend this model to give a state sum formula for the twisted Alexander polynomial of a knot dependin…

In this paper, we calculate the values of the $E_6$ state sum invariants for the lens spaces $L(p,q)$. In particular, we show that the values of the invariants are determined by $p \mod 12$ and $q \mod (p,12)$. As a corollary, we show that the $E_6$ state sum is a homotopy invariant for the oriented lens spaces.

We introduce semisimple 2-categories, fusion 2-categories, and spherical fusion 2-categories. For each spherical fusion 2-category, we construct a state-sum invariant of oriented singular piecewise-linear 4-manifolds.

Defines a new link invariant for type D webs.

Global EQG sums boundary states over manifold diffeomorphism classes.

The 2-twist spun trefoil is an example of a sphere that is knotted in 4-dimensional space. Here this example is shown to be distinct from the same sphere with the reversed orientation. To demonstrate this fact a state-sum invariant for classical knots and knotted surfaces is developed via a cohomology theory of racks a…

We develop a diagrammatic formalism for calculating the Alexander polynomial of the closure of a braid as a state-sum. Our main tools are the Markov trace formulas for the HOMFLY-PT polynomial and Young's semi-normal representations of the Iwahori-Hecke algebras of type A.

We present state sums for quantum link invariants arising from the representation theory of $U_q(\mathfrak{gl}_{N|M})$. We investigate the case of the $N$-th exterior power of the standard representation of $U_q(\mathfrak{gl}_{N|1})$ and explicit the relation with Kashaev invariants.

We demonstrate the triangulability of compact 3-dimensional topological pseudomanifolds and study the properties of such triangulations, including the Hauptvermutung and relations by Alexander star moves and Pachner bistellar moves. We also provide an application to state-sum invariants of 3-dimensional topological pse…

We consider the problem of two-player zero-sum games. This problem is formulated as a min-max Markov game in the literature. The solution of this game, which is the min-max payoff, starting from a given state is called the min-max value of the state. In this work, we compute the solution of the two-player zero-sum game…

A family of TQFTs parametrised by G-crossed braided spherical fusion categories has been defined recently as a state sum model and as a Hamiltonian lattice model. Concrete calculations of the resulting manifold invariants are scarce because of the combinatorial complexity of triangulations, if nothing else. Handle deco…

SPTN uses invertible transformations to improve sum-product networks.

Homology and cohomology theory for topological quandles computed.

Paper derives explicit formulas for AJ-bracket of tied links.

In this paper we define a new state sum based on the regions defined by tangles on a surface which is an oriented closed surface with a finite number of open holes drilled. From this state sum we obtain an invariant of regular isotopy for the tangles named $u$-invariant. The values of the $u$-invariant are in $\mathbb{…

In this paper, we characterize the sigma-adequacy of a link diagram in two ways: in terms of a certain edge subset of its Tait graph and in terms of a certain product of Tutte polynomials. Furthermore, we show that the symmetrized Tutte polynomial of the Tait graph of a link diagram can be written as a sum of these pro…

Paper describes a state sum formula for a graph coloring polynomial.

We derive the general state sum construction for 2D topological quantum field theories (TQFTs) with source defects on oriented curves, extending the state-sum construction from special symmetric Frobenius algebra for 2-D TQFTs without defects (cf. Lauda \& Pfeiffer \cite{LP}). From the extended Pachner moves (Crane \& …

The paper constructs quantum invariants for knotoid diagrams.

Constructs a path integral for fermionic SPTs, solving anomalies in 2+1D topological orders.

The paper defines new polynomials for links and linkoids.

New formulas connect knot invariants with theta functions.

New invariant for spin 3-manifolds using super 3-cocycles.

Study shows specific states produce Khovanov homology torsion.

Generative models' ELBOs converge to entropy sums, proving for various models.

3D HQFTs constructed using graded monoidal categories.

New method uses quandle rings to distinguish knots and their mirrors.

We prove that if two Tambara-Yamagami categories TY(A,χ,ν) and TY(A',χ',ν') give rise to the same state sum invariants of 3-manifolds and the order of one of the groups A, A' is odd, then ν=ν' and there is a group isomorphism A\approx A' carrying χto χ'. The proof is based on an explicit computation of the state sum in…

Kernel Bayesian inference is a principled approach to nonparametric inference in probabilistic graphical models, where probabilistic relationships between variables are learned from data in a nonparametric manner. Various algorithms of kernel Bayesian inference have been developed by combining kernelized basic probabil…

ELBO converges to a sum of entropies for many generative models.

We describe the Polyak-Viro arrow diagram formulas for the coefficients of the Conway polynomial. As a consequence, we obtain the Conway polynomial as a state sum over some subsets of the crossings of the knot diagram. It turns out to be a simplification of a special case of Jaeger's state model for the HOMFLY polynomi…

F. Jaeger presented the two-variable Kauffman polynomial of an unoriented link L as a weighted sum of HOMFLY-PT polynomials of oriented links associated with L. Murakami, Ohtsuki and Yamada (MOY) used planar graphs and a recursive evaluation of these graphs to construct a state model for the sl(n)-link invariant (a one…

We introduce and discuss a nonlinear kinetic equation of Boltzmann type which describes the evolution of wealth in a pure gambling process, where the entire sum of wealths of two agents is up for gambling, and randomly shared between the agents. For this equation the analytical form of the steady states is found for va…

We study 2-string free tangle decompositions of knots with tunnel number two. As an application, we construct infinitely many counter-examples to a conjecture in the literature stating that the tunnel number of the connected sum of prime knots doesn't degenerate by more than one.

Bayesian method synthesizes barrier certificates for unknown systems with latent states.

Model-free learning for multi-agent stochastic games is an active area of research. Existing reinforcement learning algorithms, however, are often restricted to zero-sum games, and are applicable only in small state-action spaces or other simplified settings. Here, we develop a new data efficient Deep-Q-learning method…

New algorithm finds near-optimal policies efficiently in zero-sum games.

Paper proposes a faster SPIDER-EM variant for large-scale nonconvex optimization.

A new method extracts features from time series data using iterated sums and improves classification accuracy.

This paper develops a Hoeffding inequality for the partial sums $\sum_{k=1}^n f (X_k)$, where $\{X_k\}_{k \in \mathbb{Z}_{> 0}}$ is an irreducible Markov chain on a finite state space $S$, and $f : S \to [a, b]$ is a real-valued function. Our bound is simple, general, since it only assumes irreducibility and finiteness…

We consider the problem of finding stationary Nash equilibria (NE) in a finite discounted general-sum stochastic game. We first generalize a non-linear optimization problem from Filar and Vrieze [2004] to a $N$-player setting and break down this problem into simpler sub-problems that ensure there is no Bellman error fo…

SPPL simplifies probabilistic programming for exact inference.