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Convolution of valuations was introduced by the first named author and Fu for linear spaces, and later by Alesker and the first named author for compact Lie groups. In this paper we study the convolution of invariant valuations on Lie…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Andreas Bernig , Dmitry Faifman , Jan Kotrbatý

In his 1957 paper, John Milnor introduced a collection of invariants for links in $S^3$ detecting higher-order linking phenomena by studying lower central quotients of link groups and comparing them to those of the unlink. These invariants,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Ryan Stees

An explicit polynomial in the linking numbers $l_{ij}$ and Milnor's triple linking numbers $\mu(rst)$ on six component links is shown to be a well-defined finite type link-homotopy invariant. This solves a problem raised by B. Mellor and D.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Xiao-Song Lin

Closed geodesics associated with indefinite binary quadratic forms, or equivalently with real quadratic irrationals, have long been studied as geometric $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$-invariants. Building on the Birman-Williams approach to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Soon-Yi Kang , Toshiki Matsusaka , Kyungbae Park

In this sequel we extend the derivation of the third order helicity to magnetic fields supported on unlinked domains in 3-space. The formula is expressed in terms of generators of the deRham cohomology of the configuration space of three…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-11-19 R. Komendarczyk

We use the theory of the quantum group $U_q(gl(2,\RR))$ in order to develop a quantum theory of invariants and show a decomposition of invariants into a Gordan-Capelli series. Higher binary forms are introduced on the basis of braided…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Frank Leitenberger

The theory of link-homotopy, introduced by Milnor, is an important part of the knot theory, with Milnor's mu-bar-invariants being the basic set of link-homotopy invariants. Skein relations for knot and link invariants played a crucial role…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Michael Polyak

We count the number of Galois extensions $M/\mathbb{Q}$ with fixed Galois group $\text{Gal}(M/\mathbb{Q})=D_4$ ordered by multi-invariants introduced by Gundlach. We verify the asymptotic behavior predicted by Gundlach's version of Malle's…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Willem Hansen , Anna Zanoli

We define invariants for a framed link equipped with a SL2 local system in its complement and additional combinatorial data based on the theory of representations of stated skein algebras at roots of unity of punctured bigons and the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Julien Korinman

We study the meromorphic modular forms defined as sums of -k (k>1) powers of integral quadratic polynomials with negative discriminant. These functions can be viewed as meromorphic analogues of the holomorphic modular forms defined in the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-09-26 Paloma Bengoechea

We examine from an invariant theory viewpoint the monoid algebras for two monoids having large symmetry groups. The first monoid is the free left-regular band on $n$ letters, defined on the set of all injective words, that is, the words…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-11 Sarah Brauner , Patricia Commins , Victor Reiner

Understanding the relationship between mock modular forms and quantum modular forms is a problem of current interest. Both mock and quantum modular forms exhibit modular-like transformation properties under suitable subgroups of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Amanda Folsom , Min-Joo Jang , Sam Kimport , Holly Swisher

In this paper, based mainly on the method of Iwasawa and Kida, by studying in detail the Hasse units and the ramifications of prime ideals, we obtain explicit results of Iwasawa invariants $ \lambda_{2} $ of the cyclotomic $…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Qinhao Li , Derong Qiu

We prove new cases of the inverse Galois problem by considering the residual Galois representations arising from a fixed newform. Specific choices of weight $3$ newforms will show that there are Galois extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$ with Galois…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-09-01 David Zywina

We present an intersection-theoretical approach to the invariants of plane curve singularities $\mu$, $\delta$, $r$ related by the Milnor formula $2\delta=\mu+r-1$. Using Newton transformations we give formulae for $\mu$, $\delta$, $r$…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-07-09 Pierrette Cassou-Noguès , Arkadiusz Płoski

We introduce and study in detail an invariant of (1,1) tangles. This invariant, derived from a family of four dimensional representations of the quantum superalgebra U_q[gl(2|1)], will be referred to as the Links-Gould invariant. We find…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-09-25 David De Wit , Louis H Kauffman , Jon R Links

The set of homology cobordisms from a surface to itself with markings of their boundaries has a natural monoid structure. To investigate the structure of this monoid, we define and study its Magnus representation and Reidemeister torsion…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Takuya Sakasai

We explicitly write down the Eisenstein elements inside the space of modular symbols for Eisenstein series with integer coefficients for the congruence subgroups {\Gamma}_0 (pq) with p and q distinct odd primes, giving an answer to a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-02-24 Srilakshmi Krishnamoorthy , Debargha Banerjee

The Links-Gould invariant of links $LG^{2,1}$ is a two-variable generalization of the Alexander-Conway polynomial. Using representation theory of $U_{q}\mathfrak{gl}(2 \vert 1)$, we prove that the degree of the Links-Gould polynomial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Ben-Michael Kohli , Guillaume Tahar

The Milnor degree of a 3-manifold is an invariant that records the maximum simplicity, in terms of higher order linking, of any link in the 3-sphere that can be surgered to give the manifold. This invariant is investigated in the context of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Tim Cochran , Paul Melvin