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The Jones polynomial and Khovanov homology of a classical link are invariants that depend upon an initial choice of orientation for the link. In this paper, we give a Khovanov homology theory for unoriented virtual links. The graded Euler…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Scott Baldridge , Louis H. Kauffman , Ben McCarty

The twisted torsion of a 3-manifold is well-known to be zero whenever the corresponding twisted Alexander module is non-torsion. Under mild extra assumptions we introduce a new twisted torsion invariant which is always non-zero. We show how…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-09-30 Jae Choon Cha , Stefan Friedl

This paper describes a polynomial invariant of virtual knots that is defined in terms of an integer labeling of the virtual knot diagram. This labeling is seen to derive from an essentially unique structure of affine flat biquandle for flat…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-07-25 Louis H. Kauffman

In this paper, we use localization algebras to study higher rho invariants of closed spin manifolds with positive scalar curvature metrics. The higher rho invariant is a secondary invariant and is closely related to positive scalar…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2014-05-21 Zhizhang Xie , Guoliang Yu

Two welded (respectively virtual) link diagrams are homotopic if one may be transformed into the other by a sequence of extended Reidemeister moves, classical Reidemeister moves, and self crossing changes. In this paper, we extend Milnor's…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-02-14 H. A. Dye , Louis H. Kauffman

We create an invariant of virtual Y-oriented trivalent spatial graphs using colorings by virtual Niebrzydowski algebras. This paper generalizes the color invariants using virtual tribrackets and Niebrzydowski algebras by Nelson and Pico,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-01-15 Evan Carr , Nancy Scherich , Sherilyn Tamagawa

We use virtual knot theory to detect the non-invertibility of some classical links in $\mathbb{S}^3$. These links appear in the study of virtual covers. Briefly, a virtual cover associates a virtual knot $\upsilon$ to a knot $K$ in a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-08-30 Micah Chrisman

We consider algebraic varieties canonically associated to any Lie superalgebra, and study them in detail for super-Poincar\'e algebras of physical interest. They are the locus of nilpotent elements in (the projectivized parity reversal of)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-07-11 Richard Eager , Ingmar Saberi , Johannes Walcher

In this paper we use artificial neural networks to predict and help compute the values of certain knot invariants. In particular, we show that neural networks are able to predict when a knot is quasipositive with a high degree of accuracy.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Mark C. Hughes

In this paper we study the chord index of virtual knots, which can be thought of as an extension of the chord parity. We show how to use the chord index to define finite type invariants of virtual knots. The notions of indexed Jones…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Zhiyun Cheng

We introduce \textit{Kaestner brackets}, a generalization of biquandle brackets to the case of parity biquandles. This infinite set of quantum enhancements of the biquandle counting invariant for oriented virtual knots and links includes…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-06-12 Forest Kobayashi , Sam Nelson

We introduce two polynomial invariants $V_1(K;t)$ and $V_2(K;t)$ of a long virtual knot $K$, which generalize the degree-two finite type invariants $v_{2,1}$ and $v_{2,2}$ of Goussarov, Polyak, and Viro. We establish their fundamental…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Shin Satoh , Kodai Wada

We study twisted modules for (weak) quantum vertex algebras and we give a conceptual construction of (weak) quantum vertex algebras and their twisted modules. As an application we construct and classify irreducible twisted modules for a…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2008-12-18 Haisheng Li , Shaobin Tan , Qing Wang

We extend Bezrukavnikov and Finkelberg's description of the G(\C[[t]])-equivariant derived category on the affine Grassmannian to the twisted setting of Finkelberg and Lysenko. Our description is in terms of coherent sheaves on the twisted…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2012-12-07 Bhairav Singh

In this paper, we investigate the theory of $g$-twisted modules for modular $\frac{1}{2}\mathbb{Z}$-graded vertex superalgebras over an algebraically closed field $\mathbb{F}$ of prime characteristic $p>2$. For a…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Xiangyu Jiao , Qiang Mu , Wei Wang

Consider a transverse knot which is the binding of an open book for the ambient contact manifold. In this paper, we show that the transverse invariants defined by Lisca, Ozsvath, Stipsicz, and Szabo (LOSS) are nonvanishing for such…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2010-05-20 David Shea Vela-Vick

We carry on the study of the Alexander Conway invariant from the quantum field theory point of view started in \cite{RS91}. We first discuss in details $S$ and $T$ matrices for the $U(1,1)$ super WZW model and obtain, for the level $k$ an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-18 Lev Rozansky , Herbert Saleur

In this paper, we discuss twisted Alexander polynomials of a knot for group extensions of a finite group in two directions. Firstly, we provide a mod $p$ formula for the twisted Alexander polynomial of a knot in the $3$-sphere associated…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Katsumi Ishikawa , Takayuki Morifuji , Masaaki Suzuki

We introduce and study twisted triangular Banach algebras T_sigma(A,B;X), built from Banach algebras A,B, a Banach A-B bimodule X, and a pair of automorphisms sigma=(sigma_A,sigma_B). This construction extends the classical triangular…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Sara Behnamian , Fatemeh Fogh

We define three different types of spanning surfaces for knots in thickened surfaces. We use these to introduce new Seifert matrices, Alexander-type polynomials, genera, and a signature invariant. One of these Alexander polynomials extends…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-04-18 András Juhász , Louis H. Kauffman , Eiji Ogasa