Four counterexamples in surface homology.
problem Understanding surface homology and minimal homology bases.
method Presenting four specific counterexamples.
result Minimal homology bases can be challenging to work with.
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Large PL surfaces in homology balls can have arbitrarily high genus.
problem Finding the minimum genus of PL surfaces in homology balls.
method Utilizes Heegaard Floer homology.
result The minimum genus can be arbitrarily large.
Study homology groups of mapping and Torelli groups for surfaces with abelian covers.
problem Understanding the homology of mapping and Torelli groups for surfaces with specific topologies.
method Examined the first homology group of mapping and Torelli groups with coefficients in the first rational homology group of the universal abelian cover of the surface.
result For surfaces with one boundary component, the twisted homology groups are finite-dimensional, but for surfaces with one puncture, they are infinite-dimensional.
Study maps surface configurations to Heisenberg homologies for mapping class groups.
problem Understanding Mapping Class Groups of punctured surfaces.
method Action of mapping classes on Heisenberg homologies of surface configurations.
result Representations of Mapping Class Groups derived from Heisenberg homologies.
New theory proves infinite homology 3-spheres in homology 4-spheres.
problem Existence of homology 3-spheres in homology 4-spheres.
method Diagrammatics of surface cross sections, Taubes' work.
result Infinite number of homology 3-spheres in homology 4-spheres.
Extends Khovanov homology to surfaces with singularities.
problem Computing invariants for surfaces with singularities.
method Functorial extension of Khovanov homology to surfaces with double points.
result Induces a map between Khovanov homology groups of boundary links.
Survey of computations for Riemann surface moduli spaces, focusing on unstable homology.
problem Computing unstable homology of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces.
method Integral, mod-2, and rational coefficient computations; use of homology operations.
result Explicit generators of unstable homology for most cases determined.
Proves homology of mapping class groups for infinite-type surfaces.
problem Homology of mapping class groups for infinite-type surfaces.
method Modification of Mather's argument and homological stability result.
result Homology of mapping class groups determined for binary tree surfaces.
Lecture notes on link homologies and knotted surfaces, focusing on 4D obstructions.
problem Understanding knotted surfaces using link homology theories.
method Overview of link homology theories, introduction to Khovanov homology, and computational techniques.
result New insights into the homomorphisms assigned to link cobordisms for knotted surfaces.
Khovanov homology detects essential surfaces in knot complements.
problem Detecting essential surfaces in knot complements.
method Identifying Khovanov chain complex generators with normal surfaces using ideal triangulations.
result Colored Khovanov homology detects essential surfaces as in slope conjectures.
Study homology groups for non-orientable surfaces with boundary.
problem Determine the first homology group for mapping class groups of non-orientable surfaces.
method Calculate the first homology group with twisted coefficients.
result Explicitly determined the first homology group for various mapping class groups.
Finite group action on a surface yields a special homology subspace.
problem Finite group action on a surface.
method Invariant Lagrangian subspace in homology.
result Existence of a G-invariant Lagrangian subspace in H1(S).
The study of tiling homology on flat surfaces, proving impossibility of certain tilings.
problem Proving the non-existence of polyomino tilings on specific square-tiled surfaces.
method Study of homology groups for topological tilings, using coloring proofs.
result Several results about the non-existence of polyomino tilings on certain square-tiled surfaces.
New techniques in Khovanov homology help distinguish exotic surfaces in 4-ball.
problem Distinguishing exotic surfaces in the 4-ball that are not diffeomorphic.
method Developed new techniques for distinguishing cobordism maps on Khovanov homology using knot symmetries and braid factorizations.
result Distinguishes smooth surfaces in the 4-ball that are exotically knotted.
Study calculates ring structure in instanton homology for a surface with points.
problem Calculating the ring structure in instanton homology for a surface with points.
method Used singular instanton Floer homology and excision formula.
result Proved an excision formula for instanton Floer homology when n=1.
We answer affirmatively a question posed by Morita on homological stability of surface diffeomorphisms made discrete. In particular, we prove that -diffeomorphisms and volume preserving diffeomorphisms of surfaces as family of discrete groups exhibit homological stability. We show that the stable homology o…
Study homological mirror symmetry for Hirzebruch surfaces using Morse homotopy.
problem Homological mirror symmetry for Hirzebruch surfaces .
method Using Strominger-Yau-Zaslow construction and Morse homotopy.
result Homological mirror symmetry holds for Hirzebruch surfaces .
New homology invariant for links in surfaces, a deformation of APS.
problem Defining a new homology invariant for links in surfaces.
method A 1-parameter family of homology invariants, motivated by instanton Floer homology.
result The new invariant recovers APS homology and has a stronger detection property.
We construct examples of hyperbolic rational homology spheres and hyperbolic knot complements in rational homology spheres containing closed embedded totally geodesic surfaces.
Acyclicity proven for curve complex on surfaces.
problem Acyclicity of curve complex on surfaces.
method Analyzing homologous curves on surfaces of genus g.
result Complex is (g-3)--acyclic.
In this paper we find a family of knots with trivial Alexander polynomial, and construct two non-isotopic Seifert surfaces for each member in our family. In order to distinguish the surfaces we study the sutured Floer homology invariants of the sutured manifolds obtained by cutting the knot complements along the Seifer…
A homology cylinder over a surface consists of a homology cobordism between two copies of the surface and markings of its boundary. The set of isomorphism classes of homology cylinders over a fixed surface has a natural monoid structure and it is known that this monoid can be seen as an enlargement of the mapping class…
New invariant distinguishes non-orientable surfaces.
problem Distinguishing non-orientable surfaces bounded by the same knot.
method Mixed invariant from Lee and Bar-Natan deformations of Khovanov homology.
result Distinguishes exotic non-orientable surfaces.
New proof of homological stability for surface mapping classes.
problem Homological stability of mapping class groups of surfaces.
method Using Randal-Williams-Wahl and Krannich's framework, disk stabilization in bidecorated surfaces with Euler characteristic grading.
result Found suitable Yang-Baxter element for homological stability arguments in monoidal category of bidecorated surfaces.
Homological mirror symmetry for toric Fano surfaces using Morse homotopy.
problem Establishing homological mirror symmetry for toric Fano surfaces.
method Applying SYZ construction and using Morse homotopy of the moment polytope.
result Homological mirror symmetry achieved for toric Fano surfaces.
We study algebraic structures of certain submonoids of the monoid of homology cylinders over a surface and the homology cobordism groups, using Reidemeister torsion with non-commutative coefficients. The submonoids consist of ones whose natural inclusion maps from the boundary surfaces induce isomorphisms on higher sol…
The paper calculates homology and intersection pairing of branched covers using disoriented homology.
problem Computing homology and intersection pairing of branched covers of 4-ball.
method Associate disoriented homology groups to projections of links and surfaces, show isomorphism to branched cover homology, define pairing on first disoriented homology of surfaces.
result Disoriented homology is isomorphic to the homology of branched cover and pairing is equal to the intersection pairing.
Maps Heegaard Floer homology to Hecke algebras for surfaces.
problem Connecting Heegaard Floer homology with Hecke algebras.
method Constructs a map from Heegaard Floer homology to Hecke algebras.
result Shows the map is an isomorphism of algebras.
We construct an infinite family of homology theories of framed links in thickened surfaces, as well as a homology theory whose graded Euler characteristic is exactly the Kauffman bracket of the link in the surface. Both theories are based on ideas coming from Asaeda, Przytycki and Sikora's categorification of the Kauff…
We determine the minimal number of generators of the homological Goldman Lie algebra of a surface consisting of elements of the first homology group of the surface.
Study invariants of null-homologous knots in thickened surfaces.
problem Understanding concordance properties of knot invariants.
method Using Gordon-Litherland pairing and cobordism results for closed unoriented surfaces.
result Brown invariants are invariant under concordance of spanning surfaces.
The study finds bounds on homologically independent loops on hyperelliptic hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Finding bounds on the lengths of homologically independent loops on hyperelliptic hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzing the genus and using constant upper bounds on minimal length of non-zero period lattice vectors.
result For any , there exists a constant such that every hyperelliptic hyperbolic surface has at least homologically independent loops of length at most .
We introduce Khovanov homology for ribbon graphs and show that the Khovanov homology of a certain ribbon graph embedded on the Turaev surface of a link is isomorphic to the Khovanov homology of the link (after a grading shift). We also present a spanning quasi-tree model for the Khovanov homology of a ribbon graph.
In the present note we describe geometrically the homology classes in the total space of a surface bundle over a surface in terms of the holonomy map. We treat the cases where the base surface is closed or has one boundary component. We replace the wrong theorem of the previous version by some observations on the homol…
New surfaces in 4-ball differ topologically but not diffeomorphically.
problem Distinguishing surfaces in 4-ball that are topologically equivalent but not diffeomorphic.
method 1-twist rim surgery, sutured Floer homology, cobordism map, knot Floer homology.
result Infinitely many surfaces are topologically isotopic but not diffeomorphic.
In this paper we show that if the minimal good resolution graph of a normal surface singularity contains at least two nodes (i.e. vertex with valency at least 3) then the singularity does not admit a smoothing with Milnor fiber having rational homology equal to the rational homology of the 4-disk (called a ration…
Polynomial representations found in surface braid and mapping class groups.
problem Homological representations of surface braid and mapping class groups.
method Study of homological representation functors and short exact sequences.
result Many homological representation functors are polynomial.
For each member of an infinite family of homology classes in the K3-surface E(2), we construct infinitely many non-isotopic symplectic tori representing this homology class. This family has an infinite subset of primitive classes. We also explain how these tori can be non-isotopically embedded as homologous symplectic …
We study the sutured Floer homology invariants of the sutured manifold obtained by cutting a knot complement along a Seifert surface, R. We show that these invariants are finer than the "top term" of the knot Floer homology, which they contain. In particular, we use sutured Floer homology to distinguish two non-isotopi…
Detects knots in thickened surfaces using instanton homology.
problem Detecting knots in thickened surfaces using homology.
method Uses Asaeda-Przytycki-Sikora (APS) homology and sutured instanton homology.
result Detects the unknot in and characterizes minimal sutured instanton homology.
The paper shows uncountable integral homology for specific mapping class groups.
problem Integral homology of mapping class groups for infinite-type surfaces.
method Analyzing compactly-supported mapping class groups and Torelli groups.
result Integral homology is uncountable in all positive degrees for specific infinite-type surfaces.
Nilpotency in instanton homology, and the framed instanton homology of a surface times a circlemath.GT
In the description of the instanton Floer homology of a surface times a circle due to Muñoz, we compute the nilpotency degree of the endomorphism . We then compute the framed instanton homology of a surface times a circle with non-trivial bundle, which is closely related to the kernel of . We discuss th…
Study the first homology group for a specific mapping class group.
problem Calculating the first homology group for a specific mapping class group.
method Determined using coefficients in for a non-orientable surface.
result Determined the first homology group for the mapping class group of a specific surface.
Detects (2,5) torus knot using Khovanov homology and Floer homology.
problem Detecting the (2,5) torus knot using Khovanov homology.
method Combines Floer homology, Khovanov homology, and surface homeomorphisms.
result Proves Khovanov homology detects the (2,5) torus knot.
Non-trivial action on surface configuration homology.
problem Understanding the Johnson filtration's action on surface configuration homology.
method Action of mapping class group on configuration space homology, focusing on Johnson filtration stages.
result Non-trivial action on the stage of the Johnson filtration for all and .
Method calculates -Thurston norm for Seifert 3-manifolds using pseudo-horizontal surfaces.
problem Computing -Thurston norm for -homology classes in orientable Seifert 3-manifolds.
method Using pseudo-horizontal surfaces, we provide a necessary and sufficient criterion for their existence, calculate non-orientable genera, and develop an algorithm to compute the -Thurston norm.
result We successfully compute the -Thurston norm for every -homology class in orientable Seifert 3-manifolds.
New stability theorem for nonorientable surfaces mapping class groups.
problem Stability of homology groups of mapping class groups of nonorientable surfaces.
method Galatius--Kupers--Randal-Williams framework of cellular -algebras.
result New best known stability range for homology of nonorientable surfaces.
Decouples homotopy quotients of generalised configuration spaces on surfaces.
problem Homological stability of generalised configuration spaces on surfaces.
method Analyzes actions of diffeomorphism groups and uses homotopy quotients.
result Decouples theorem for homology of homotopy quotients on surfaces.