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We extend the notion of intersection graphs for knots in the theory of finite type invariants to string links. We use our definition to develop weight systems for string links via the adjacency matrix of the intersection graph, and show…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Blake Mellor

Given any oriented link diagram, two types of new knot invariants are constructed. They satisfy some generalized skein relations. The coefficients of each invariant is from a commutative ring. Homomorphisms and representations of those…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-05-10 Zhiqing Yang

We present a topological interpretation of knot and braid contact homology in degree zero, in terms of cords and skein relations. This interpretation allows us to extend the knot invariant to embedded graphs and higher-dimensional knots. We…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Lenhard Ng

A correspondence is studied by H. Matsuda between front projections of Legendrian links in the standard contact structure for 3-space and rectangular diagrams. In this paper, we introduce braided rectangular diagrams, and study a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-08-20 Hiroshi Matsuda , William W. Menasco

A new link invariant is derived using the exactly solvable chiral Potts model and a generalized Gaussian summation identity. Starting from a general formulation of link invariants using edge-interaction spin models, we establish the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 F. Y. Wu , P. Pant , C. King

We consider a variant of so called power-law random graph. A sequence of expected degrees corresponds to a power-law degree distribution with finite mean and infinite variance. In previous works the asymptotic picture with number of nodes…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-12-12 Hannu Reittu , Ilkka Norros

In this paper we discuss the applications of knotoids to modelling knots in open curves and produce new knotoid invariants. We show how invariants of knotoids generally give rise to well-behaved measures of how much an open curve is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-06-14 Wout Moltmaker , Roland van der Veen

We describe a model of random links based on random 4-valent maps, which can be sampled due to the work of Schaeffer. We will look at the relationship between the combinatorial information in the diagram and the hyperbolic volume.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-01-31 Malik Obeidin

Geometric interpretations of some virtual knot invariants are given in terms of invariants of links in $\mathbb{S}^3$. Alexander polynomials of almost classical knots are shown to be specializations of the multi-variable Alexander…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-07-27 Micah Chrisman , Robert G. Todd

Three dimensional SU(2) Chern-Simons theory has been studied as a topological field theory to provide a field theoretic description of knots and links in three dimensions. A systematic method has been developed to obtain the link-invariants…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 R. K. Kaul , T. R. Govindarajan

This paper studies rotational virtual knot theory and its relationship with quantum link invariants. Every quantum link invariant for classical knots and links extends to an invariant of rotational virtual knots and links. The paper sets up…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-12-08 Louis H. Kauffman

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.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-04-11 Scott A. Taylor , Maggy Tomova

We automate the process of machine learning correlations between knot invariants. For nearly 200,000 distinct sets of input knot invariants together with an output invariant, we attempt to learn the output invariant by training a neural…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Jessica Craven , Mark Hughes , Vishnu Jejjala , Arjun Kar

The survey we are presenting is over 22 years old but it has still some ideas which where never published (except in Polish). This survey is the base of the third Chapter of my book: KNOTS: From combinatorics of knot diagrams to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-10-24 Jozef H. Przytycki

The random-cluster model, a correlated bond percolation model, unifies a range of important models of statistical mechanics in one description, including independent bond percolation, the Potts model and uniform spanning trees. By…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-01-28 Eren Metin Elçi , Martin Weigel , Nikolaos G. Fytas

A relation between the two-variable series knot invariant and the Akutus-Deguchi-Ohtsuki(ADO)-invariant was conjectured recently. We reinforce the conjecture by presenting explicit formulas and/or an algorithm for certain ADO-invariants of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-12-22 John Chae

This paper focuses on the graphs in the Petersen family, the set of minor minimal intrinsically linked graphs. We prove there is a relationship between algebraic linking of an embedding and knotting in an embedding. We also present a more…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-08-03 Danielle O'Donnol

We extend knot contact homology to a theory over the ring $\mathbb{Z}[\lambda^{\pm 1},\mu^{\pm 1}]$, with the invariant given topologically and combinatorially. The improved invariant, which is defined for framed knots in $S^3$ and can be…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-06-11 Lenhard Ng

A connect sum formula for the two variable series invariant of a complement of knot is proposed. We provide two kinds of numerical evidence for the proposed formula by examining various torus knots.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-09-30 John Chae

Given a representation of a link group, we introduce a trilinear form, as a topological invariant. We show that, if the link is either hyperbolic or a knot with malnormality, then the trilinear form equals the pairing of the (twisted)…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-08-28 Takefumi Nosaka