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We consider an analogue of well-known Casson knot invariant for knotoids. We start with a direct analogue of the classical construction which gives two different integer-valued knotoid invariants and then focus on its homology extension.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-09-29 Vladimir Tarkaev

In this paper, we introduce a sequence of invariants of a knot K in S^3: the knot Floer homology groups of the preimage of K in the m-fold cyclic branched cover over K. We exhibit the knot Floer homology in the m-fold branched cover as the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-04-23 J Elisenda Grigsby

Let $K_m$ be the result of applying $m$ full twists to $n$ parallel strands in a knot $K$. We prove that extremal knot Floer homologies of $K_m$ stabilize as $m$ goes to infinity.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Soheil Azarpendar

We define the longitude Floer homology of a knot K in S^3 and show that it is a topological invariant of K. Some basic properties of these homology groups are derived. In particular, we show that they distinguish the genus of K. We also…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Eaman Eftekhary

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

The Gauss self-linking integral of an unframed knot is not a knot invariant, but it can be turned into an invariant by adding a correction term which requires adding extra structure to the knot. We collect the different…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Daniel Moskovich

It is known that knot Floer homology detects the genus and Alexander polynomial of a knot. We investigate whether knot Floer homology of $K$ detects more structure of minimal genus Seifert surfaces for $K$. We define an invariant of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-04-22 Peter D. Horn

We introduce a correlation coefficient that is designed to deal with a variety of ranking formats including those containing non-strict (i.e., with-ties) and incomplete (i.e., unknown) preferences. The correlation coefficient is designed to…

Applications · Statistics 2019-02-19 Yeawon Yoo , Adolfo R. Escobedo , J. Kyle Skolfield

Let $\nu$ be either the Ozsv\'ath-Szab\'o $\tau$-invariant or the Rasmussen $s$-invariant, suitably normalized. For a knot $K$, Livingston and Naik defined the invariant $t_\nu(K)$ to be the minimum of $k$ for which $\nu$ of the $k$-twisted…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-07-12 Se-Goo Kim , Kwan Yong Lee

We produce infinite families of knots $\{K^i\}_{i\geq 1}$ for which the set of cables $\{K^i_{p,1}\}_{i,p\geq 1}$ is linearly independent in the knot concordance group. We arrange that these examples lie arbitrarily deep in the solvable and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Christopher W. Davis , JungHwan Park , Arunima Ray

Using the grid diagram formulation of knot Floer homology, Ozsvath, Szabo and Thurston defined an invariant of transverse knots in the tight contact 3-sphere. Shortly afterwards, Lisca, Ozsvath, Stipsicz and Szabo defined an invariant of…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-11 John A. Baldwin , David Shea Vela-Vick , Vera Vertesi

Let $x_\alpha$ be a net in a locally solid vector lattice $(X,\tau)$; we say that $x_\alpha$ is unbounded $\tau$-convergent to a vector $x\in X$ if $\lvert x_\alpha-x \rvert\wedge w \xrightarrow{\tau} 0$ for all $w\in X_+$. In this paper,…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-21 Y. A. Dabboorasad , E. Yu. Emelyanov , M. A. A. Marabeh

Conformally invariant functionals on the space of knots are introduced via extrinsic conformal geometry of the knot and integral geometry on the space of spheres. Our functionals are expressed in terms of a complex-valued 2-form which can…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-03-21 R. Langevin , J. O'Hara

Chern-Simons gauge theory for compact semisimple groups is analyzed from a perturbation theory point of view. The general form of the perturbative series expansion of a Wilson line is presented in terms of the Casimir operators of the gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 M. Alvarez , J. M. F. Labastida

We demonstrate that the equivariant unknotting number $\widetilde{u}(K)$ of a strongly invertible knot $K$ is bounded below by the $H$-torsion order $\widetilde{\mathrm{ord}}(K)$ of the involutive Bar-Natan homology…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-04-13 KeeTaek Kim

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…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Matthew Hedden , Andras Juhasz , Sucharit Sarkar

Knot concordance plays a crucial role in the low dimensional topology. We propose a very elementary techniques which allows one to construct a lot of sliceness obstructions for knots in the full torus. Our approach deals with group…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-03-22 Vassily Olegovich Manturov , Igor Mikhailovich Nikonov

Inspired by the notions of local equivalence in monopole and Heegaard Floer homology, we introduce a version of local equivalence that combines odd Khovanov homology with equivariant even Khovanov homology into an algebraic package called a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Nathan M. Dunfield , Robert Lipshitz , Dirk Schuetz

We establish a structural understanding of the involutive Heegaard Floer homology for all linear combinations of almost-rational (AR) plumbed three-manifolds. We use this to show that the Neumann-Siebenmann invariant is a homology cobordism…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-04-17 Irving Dai , Matthew Stoffregen

Milnor's $\bar{\mu}$-invariants of links in the $3$-sphere $S^3$ vanish on any link concordant to a boundary link. In particular, they are trivial on any knot in $S^3$. Here we consider knots in thickened surfaces $\Sigma \times [0,1]$,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-11-02 Micah Chrisman