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Deformations of knots and links in ambient space can be studied combinatorially on their diagrams via local modifications called Reidemeister moves. While it is well-known that, in order to move between equivalent diagrams with Reidemeister…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-04-07 Corentin Lunel , Arnaud de Mesmay , Jonathan Spreer

Diagrams enable the use of various algebraic and geometric tools for analysing and classifying knots. In this paper we introduce a new diagrammatic representation of triply periodic entangled structures (TP tangles), which are embeddings of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-04-04 Toky Andriamanalina , Myfanwy E. Evans , Sonia Mahmoudi

We offer a new structural basis for the theory of 3-connected graphs, providing a unique decomposition of every such graph into parts that are either quasi 4-connected, wheels, or thickened $K_{3,m}$'s. Our construction is explicit,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Johannes Carmesin , Jan Kurkofka

We introduce and study graphic lambda calculus, a visual language which can be used for representing untyped lambda calculus, but it can also be used for computations in emergent algebras or for representing Reidemeister moves of locally…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-02-18 Marius Buliga

A new approach is suggested to quantum differential calculus on certain quantum varieties. It consists in replacing quantum de Rham complexes with differentials satisfying Leibniz rule by those which are in a sense close to Koszul complexes…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2008-11-26 P. Akueson , D. Gurevich

The present paper is a review of the current state of Graph-Link Theory (graph-links are also closely related to homotopy classes of looped interlacement graphs), dealing with a generalisation of knots obtained by translating the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-01-05 Denis Petrovich Ilyutko , Vassily Olegovich Manturov

A theory of graded manifolds can be viewed as a generalization of differential geometry of smooth manifolds. It allows one to work with functions which locally depend not only on ordinary real variables, but also on $\mathbb{Z}$-graded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-14 Jan Vysoky

This article surveys many aspects of the theory of quandles which algebraically encode the Reidemeister moves. In addition to knot theory, quandles have found applications in other areas which are only mentioned in passing here. The main…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-02-25 J. Scott Carter

We introduce the notion of a quandle with a good involution and its homology groups. Carter et al. defined quandle cocycle invariants for oriented links and oriented surface-links. By use of good involutions, quandle cocyle invariants can…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-12-29 Seiichi Kamada , Kanako Oshiro

Consider the collection of edge bicolorings of a graph that is cellularly embedded on an orientable surface. In this work, we count the number of equivalence classes of such colorings under two relations: reversing colors around a face and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Oliver T. Dasbach , Heather M. Russell

We study the properties of the extended graphical calculus for categorified quantum $sl(n)$. The main results include proofs of Reidemeister 2 and Reidemeister 3-like moves involving strands corresponding to arbitrary thicknesses and…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2016-05-24 Marko Stosic

We extend Milnor's mu-invariants of link homotopy to ordered (classical or virtual) tangles. Simple combinatorial formulas for mu-invariants are given in terms of counting trees in Gauss diagrams. Invariance under Reidemeister moves…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Olga Kravchenko , Michael Polyak

A quandle is an algebra with two binary operations satisfying three conditions which are related to Reidemeister moves in knot theory. In this paper we introduce the notion of the (canonical) tensor product of a quandle. The tensor product…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-09-23 Seiichi Kamada

In this note we make use of some properties of vector fields on a manifold to give an alternate proof to [3] for the equivalence between connections and parallel transport on vector bundles over manifolds. Out of the proof will emerge a new…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-02-23 Florin Dumitrescu

In this paper, we discuss the (co)homology theory of biquandles, derived biquandle cocycle invariants for oriented surface-links using broken surface diagrams and how to compute the biquandle cocycle invariants from marked graph diagrams.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-03-09 Seiichi Kamada , Akio Kawauchi , Jieon Kim , Sang Youl Lee

We compute the limit of tangents of an arbitrary surface. We obtain as a byproduct an embedded version of Jung's desingularization theorem for surface singularities with finite limits of tangents.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-11-26 Joao Cabral , Orlando Neto

By using the cohomology theory of quandles, quandle cocycle invariants and shadow quandle cocycle invariants are defined for oriented links and surface-links via broken surface diagrams. By using symmetric quandles, symmetric quandle…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-02-06 Seiichi Kamada , Jieon Kim , Sang Youl Lee

We show that some ternary quasigroups appear naturally as invariants of classical links and links on surfaces. We also note how to obtain from them invariants of Yoshikawa moves. In our previous paper, we defined homology theory for…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-05-16 Maciej Niebrzydowski

A first step towards a systematic theory of relative line bundles over SUSY-curves is presented. In this paper we deal with the case of relative line bundles over families of ordinary Riemann surfaces. Generalizations of the Gauss-Bonnet…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 U. Bruzzo , J. A. Dominguez Perez

The aim of this work is to lay the foundations of differential geometry and Lie theory over the general class of topological base fields and -rings for which a differential calculus has been developed in recent work (collaboration with H.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Wolfgang Bertram