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This paper builds a novel bridge between algebraic coding theory and mathematical knot theory, with applications in both directions. We give methods to construct error-correcting codes starting from the colorings of a knot, describing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Altan B. Kilic , Anne Nijsten , Ruud Pellikaan , Alberto Ravagnani

The homset invariant of a knot or link L with respect to an algebraic knot coloring structure X can be identified with a set of colorings of a diagram of L by elements of X via an identification of diagrammatic generators with algebraic…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Sam Nelson

In this report, I will start by first giving a brief introduction on knots to build some intuition before beginning the more rigorous review in the Literature Review section. There, I will define knot equivalence, the Jones polynomial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Matthew Stevens

Knot theory is the Mathematical study of knots. In this paper we have studied the Composition of two knots. Knot theory belongs to Mathematical field of Topology, where the topological concepts such as topological spaces, homeomorphisms,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-07-04 G Infant Gabriel , Dr N Uma

We present a systematic classification of uncolored bonded knots with singularity number at most seven. Bonded knots provide a topological model for closed protein chains with intramolecular bridges, such as disulfide bonds. Following the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Boštjan Gabrovšek , Matic Simonič , Wanda Niemyska

The aim of this paper is to define certain algebraic structures coming from generalized Reidemeister moves of singular knot theory. We give examples, show that the set of colorings by these algebraic structures is an invariant of singular…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-06-21 Indu R. U. Churchill , M. Elhamdadi , M. Hajij , Sam Nelson

The connection between matrix integrals and links is used to define matrix models which count alternating tangles in which each closed loop is weighted with a factor n, i.e. may be regarded as decorated with n possible colors. For n=2, the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Zinn-Justin , J. -B. Zuber

We introduce two new families of polynomial invariants of oriented classical and virtual knots and links defined as decategorfications of the quandle coloring quiver. We provide examples to illustrate the computation of the invariants, show…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-18 Anusha Kabra , Sam Nelson

The set consisting of all rotations of the Euclidean plane is equipped with a quandle structure. We show that a knot is colorable by this quandle if and only if its Alexander polynomial has a root on the unit circle in $\mathbb{C}$. Further…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-13 Ayumu Inoue

We point out the connection between mathematical knot theory and spin glass/search problem. In particular, we present a statistical mechanical formulation of the problem of computing a knot invariant; p-colorability problem, which provides…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-06-03 Chihiro H. Nakajima , Takahiro Sakaue

The Gukov-Manolescu series, denoted by $F_K$, is a conjectural invariant of knot complements that, in a sense, analytically continues the colored Jones polynomials. In this paper we use the large color $R$-matrix to study $F_K$ for some…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-02-19 Sunghyuk Park

Quandle colorings and cocycle invariants are studied for composite knots, and applied to chirality and abelian extensions. The square and granny knots, for example, can be distinguished by quandle colorings, so that a trefoil and its mirror…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-06-13 W. Edwin Clark , M. Saito , L. Vendramin

An \"{u}bercrossing diagram is a knot diagram with only one crossing that may involve more than two strands of the knot. Such a diagram without any nested loops is called a petal projection. Every knot has a petal projection from which the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Allison Henrich , Robin Truax

We study relationships between the colored Jones polynomial and the A-polynomial of a knot. We establish for a large class of 2-bridge knots the AJ conjecture (of Garoufalidis) that relates the colored Jones polynomial and the A-polynomial.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thang T. Q. Le

In this paper we introduce a new invariant of virtual knots and links that is non-trivial for infinitely many virtuals, but is trivial on classical knots and links. The invariant is initially be expressed in terms of a relative of the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Louis H. Kauffman

We study cosmetic crossings in knots of genus one and obtain obstructions to such crossings in terms of knot invariants determined by Seifert matrices. In particular, we prove that for genus one knots the Alexander polynomial and the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-06-24 Cheryl Balm , Stefan Friedl , Efstratia Kalfagianni , Mark Powell

Quandle coloring quivers are directed graph-valued invariants of oriented knots and links, defined using a choice of finite quandle $X$ and set $S\subset\mathrm{Hom}(X,X)$ of endomorphisms. From a quandle coloring quiver, a polynomial knot…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-10-02 Jieon Kim , Sam Nelson , Minju Seo

The list of knots with up to 10 crossings is commonly referred to as the Rolfsen Table. This paper presents a way to generate the Rolfsen table in a simple, clear, and reproducible manner. The methods we use are similar to those used by J.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-05-31 Andrey Boris Khesin

The slicing degree of a knot $K$ is defined as the smallest integer $k$ such that $K$ is $k$-slice in $\#^n \overline{\mathbb{CP}^2}$ for some $n$. In this paper, we establish bounds for the slicing degrees of knots using Rasmussen's…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-04-25 Qianhe Qin

We analyze different aspects of neural network predictions of knot invariants. First, we investigate the impact of different knot representations on the prediction of invariants and find that braid representations work in general the best.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-02-19 Audrey Lindsay , Fabian Ruehle