Compactifies group representations into thin triangle spaces.
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We show that, in the Teichmüller metric, "thin-framed triangles are thin"---that is, under suitable hypotheses, the variation of geodesics obeys a hyperbolic-like inequality. This theorem has applications to the study of random walks on Teichmüller space. In particular, an application is worked out for the action of th…
We re-derive Manolescu's unoriented skein exact triangle for knot Floer homology over F_2 combinatorially using grid diagrams, and extend it to the case with Z coefficients by sign refinements. Iteration of the triangle gives a cube of resolutions that converges to the knot Floer homology of an oriented link. Finally, …
In this paper we explore the idea that Teichmüller space is hyperbolic "on average." Our approach focuses on studying the geometry of geodesics which spend a definite proportion of time in some thick part of Teichmüller space. We consider several different measures on Teichmüller space and find that this behavior for g…
We describe a procedure which verifies that a group given by generators and relators is word-hyperbolic. This procedure always works with a group which is word-hyperbolic, provided there is sufficient memory and time devoted to the problem. If the group is not word-hyperbolic, the procedure continues indefinitely. We a…
Quasi-alternating links are a natural generalization of alternating links. In this paper, we show that quasi-alternating links are "homologically thin" for both Khovanov homology and knot Floer homology. In particular, their bigraded homology groups are determined by the signature of the link, together with the Euler c…
The paper extends the collar theorem to non-compact surfaces using new comparison theorems.
We study Kauffman's model of folded ribbon knots: knots made of a thin strip of paper folded flat in the plane. The ribbonlength is the length to width ratio of such a ribbon, and it turns out that the way the ribbon is folded influences the ribbonlength. We give an upper bound of for the ribbonlength of $…
We show that simple random walks on (non-trivial) relatively hyperbolic groups stay -close to geodesics, where is the number of steps of the walk. Using similar techniques we show that simple random walks in mapping class groups stay -close to geodesics and hierarchy paths. Along the…
The paper examines rigidity of thin domains under specific boundary conditions.
If a tangle, K, in the 3-ball has no planar, meridional, essential surfaces in its exterior then thin position for K has no thin levels.
We define a new notion of thin position for a graph in a 3-manifold which combines the ideas of thin position for manifolds first originated by Scharlemann and Thompson with the idea of thin position for knots first originated by Gabai. This thin position has the property that connect summing annuli and pairs-of-pants …
We produce embeddings of knots in thin position that admit compressible thin levels. We also find the bridge number of tangle sums where each tangle is high distance.
New proof shows most thin knots satisfy Cabling Conjecture.
We describe a natural decomposition of a normal complex surface singularity into its "thick" and "thin" parts. The former is essentially metrically conical, while the latter shrinks rapidly in thickness as it approaches the origin. The thin part is empty if and only if the singularity is metrically conical; the…
Let k be a knot in S3. In [8], H.N. Howards and J. Schultens introduced a method to construct a manifold decomposition of double branched cover of (S3, k) from a thin position of k. In this article, we will prove that if a thin position of k induces a thin decomposition of double branched cover of (S3,k) by Howards and…
Abby Thompson proved that if a link is in thin position but not in bridge position then the knot complement contains an essential meridional planar surface, and she asked whether some thin level surface must be essential. This note is to give a positive answer to this question, showing that the if a link is in thin…
New method characterizes thin links via Conway spheres and tangle decompositions.
Regularized Stein thinning improves MCMC output approximations.
Thin groups found in specific lattices.
KSD Thinning uses KSD to thin MCMC samples efficiently.
Data thinning splits observations into independent parts for convolution-closed distributions.
Kernel thinning compresses distributions more effectively than i.i.d. sampling or standard thinning.
Generalizes data thinning for various distributions.
Napoleonic triangles don't exist in hyperbolic geometry.
New method reduces summary points for datasets while maintaining quality.
Proposes efficient training method for deep thin networks.
Wu has shown that if a link or a knot in in thin position has thin spheres, then the thin sphere of lowest width is an essential surface in the link complement. In this paper we show that if we further assume that is prime, then the thin sphere of lowest width also does not have any vertical c…
We give a method for searching for thin positions of a given link.
Arithmetic spaces' thin parts are negligible, impacting Betti numbers.
New bounds on inscribed triangles in arbitrary planar domains.
Paper calculates eigenvalues of a specific triangle on a sphere.
Study on Laplacian determinant in isosceles triangles, finding equilateral triangle minimizes determinant.
We show that every thin position for a connected sum of small knots is obtained in an obvious way: place each summand in thin position so that no two summands intersect the same level surface, then connect the lowest minimum of each summand to the highest maximum of the adjacent summand below.
New method shows any triangle group generating pair is related to special coverings.
Let L be a link in the 3-sphere that is in thin position but not in bridge position and let P be a thin level sphere. We generalize a result of Wu by giving a bound on the number of disjoint irreducible compressing disks that P can have, including identifying thin spheres with unique compressing disks. We also give con…
Complex hyperbolic triangle groups were first considered by Mostow in building the first nonarithmetic lattices in PU(2, 1). They are a natural generalization of the classical triangle groups acting on the hyperbolic plane. A well-known theorem of Takeuchi is that there are only finitely many Fuchsian triangle groups t…
In this paper, we give an algorithm to build all compact orientable atoroidal Haken 3-manifolds with tori boundary or closed orientable Haken 3-manifolds, so that in both cases, there are embedded closed orientable separating incompressible surfaces which are not tori. Next, such incompressible surfaces are related to …
Defines band maps in unoriented link Floer homology forming a skein exact triangle.
Study thin hyperbolic reflection groups and their properties.
Proves a new skein exact triangle for real monopole Floer homology.
In this paper we produce many examples of thin subgroups of special linear groups that are isomorphic to the fundamental groups of non-arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds. Specifically, we show that the non-arithmetic lattices in constructed by Gromov and Piatetski-Shapiro can be embedded into $\mathrm{S…
We introduce a method for creating a special type of tree, called a tree position, from a weighted graph. Leaves of the tree correspond to vertices of the original graph, and the tree edges contain information which can be used to partition these vertices. By repeatedly applying reducing operations to the tree position…
New surgery exact triangles in Heegaard Floer homology for rational slopes.
We unify the notions of thin position for knots and for 3-manifolds and survey recent work concerning these notions.
Signature uniquely identifies piecewise linear surfaces up to thin homotopy.
We generalize the definition of thin position of Scharlemann and Thompson for compact orientable 3-manifolds with torus boundary components and introduce -sloped generalized Heegaard splittings. We examine its relationship to generalized Heegaard splittings of manifolds resulting from Dehn filling. We compare alpha-…
We answer the question "Does the Y-triangle move preserve intrinsic knottedness?" in the negative by giving an example of a graph that is obtained from the intrinsically knotted graph K_7 by triangle-Y and Y-triangle moves but is not intrinsically knotted.