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Several classical knot invariants, such as the Alexander polynomial, the Levine-Tristram signature and the Blanchfield pairing, admit natural extensions from knots to links, and more generally, from oriented links to so-called colored…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-04 David Cimasoni , Gaetan Simian

We show that the first two $k$-invariants of Top/O vanish and give some applications.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-27 Alexander Kupers

Let $K$ be an imaginary quadratic field where $p$ splits. We study signed Selmer groups for non-ordinary modular forms over the anticyclotomic $\mathbf{Z}_p$-extension of $K$, showing that their $\mu$-invariants vanish. This generalizes and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-03 Jeffrey Hatley , Antonio Lei

We generalise the Kreck-Stolz invariants s_2 and s_3 by defining a new invariant, the t-invariant, for quaternionic line bundles E over closed spin-manifolds M of dimension 4k-1 with H^3(M; \Q) = 0 such that c_2(E)\in H^4(M) is torsion. The…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-10-31 Diarmuid Crowley , Sebastian Goette

Minimum numbers decide e.g. whether a given map f: S^m --> S^n/G from a sphere into a spherical space form can be deformed to a map f' such that f(x) not equal f'(x) for all x in S^m. In this paper we compare minimum numbers to…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2013-06-14 Ulrich Koschorke , Duane Randall

We associate an Albert form to any pair of cyclic algebras of prime degree $p$ over a field $F$ with $\operatorname{char}(F)=p$ which coincides with the classical Albert form when $p=2$. We prove that if every Albert form is isotropic then…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2017-05-23 Adam Chapman , Andrew Dolphin

We provide a short alternative homological argument showing that any invariant symmetric bilinear form on simple modular generalized Jacobson-Witt algebras vanishes, and outline another, deformation-theoretic one, allowing to describe such…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2018-07-31 Pasha Zusmanovich

We give formulas expressing Milnor invariants of an n-component link L in the 3-sphere in terms of the HOMFLYPT polynomial as follows. If the Milnor invariant \bar{\mu}_J(L) vanishes for any sequence J with length at most k, then any Milnor…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Jean-Baptiste Meilhan , Akira Yasuhara

We prove the existence of a degree 7 Vassiliev invariant of long (or string) two-component links which is not preserved under the simultaneous change of orientation of both components. The non-invertibility of this invariant can be detected…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-09-29 S. V. Duzhin , M. V. Karev

We define an invariant of based transverse links, as a well-defined element inside the equivariant Heegaard Floer cohomology of its branched double cover, defined by Lipschitz, Hendricks, and Sarkar. We prove the naturality and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-08-08 Sungkyung Kang

Twisted Alexander invariants have been defined for any knot and linear representation of its group. The invariants are generalized for any periodic representation of the commutator subgroup of the knot group. Properties of the new twisted…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-12-22 Daniel S. Silver , Susan G. Williams

To a finite quiver equipped with a positive integer on each of its vertices, we associate a holomorphic symplectic manifold having some parameters. This coincides with Nakajima's quiver variety with no stability parameter/framing if the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-10-27 Daisuke Yamakawa

We study the Witten--Reshetikhin--Turaev SU(2) invariant for the Seifert manifold with 4-singular fibers. We define the Eichler integrals of the modular forms with half-integral weight, and we show that the invariant is rewritten as a sum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kazuhiro Hikami

Let p be a prime number. The Hasse invariant is a modular form modulo p that is often used to produce congruences between modular forms of different weights. We show how to produce such congruences between forms of weights 2 and p+1, in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bas Edixhoven , Chandrashekhar Khare

We extend several classical invariants of links in the 3-sphere to links in so-called quasi-cylinders. These invariants include the linking number, the Seifert form, the Alexander module, the Alexander-Conway polynomial and the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-08-09 David Cimasoni , Vladimir Turaev

A theorem of Pfister asserts that every $12$-dimensional quadratic form with trivial discriminant and trivial Clifford invariant over a field of characteristic different from $2$ decomposes as a tensor product of a binary quadratic form and…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2019-11-06 Anne Quéguiner-Mathieu , Jean-Pierre Tignol

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 construct knot invariants categorifying the quantum knot variants for all representations of quantum groups. We show that these invariants coincide with previous invariants defined by Khovanov for sl_2 and sl_3 and by Mazorchuk-Stroppel…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Ben Webster

We present several deformation and rigidity results within the classes of closed Riemannian manifolds which either are $2k$-Einstein (in the sense that their $2k$-Ricci tensor is constant) or have constant $2k$-Gauss-Bonnet curvature. The…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-08-10 Tiago Caúla , Levi Lopes de Lima , Newton Luis Santos

Given any unoriented link diagram, a group of new knot invariants are constructed. Each of them satisfies a generalized 4 term skein relation. The coefficients of each invariant is from a commutative ring. Homomorphisms and representations…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-04-14 Zhiqing Yang , Jifu Xiao