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We introduce an enriched entanglement structure for spin networks, inspired by tensor-network constructions, in which internal links can carry a controlled and discrete amount of entanglement. In the spin-network picture, vertices are dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-16 Mai Qi , Eugenia Colafranceschi

Checkerboard surfaces in alternating link complements are used frequently to determine information about the link. However, when many crossings are added to a single twist region of a link diagram, the geometry of the link complement…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-12-21 Marc Lackenby , Jessica S. Purcell

Seeking effective neural networks is a critical and practical field in deep learning. Besides designing the depth, type of convolution, normalization, and nonlinearities, the topological connectivity of neural networks is also important.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Kun Yuan , Quanquan Li , Jing Shao , Junjie Yan

Topology is an important determinant of the behavior of a great number of condensed-matter systems, but until recently has played a minor role in elasticity. We develop a theory for the deformations of a class of twisted non-Euclidean…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-08-26 Carlos E. Moguel-Lehmer , Christian D. Santangelo

We introduce the topologically twisted index for four-dimensional $\mathcal N=1$ gauge theories quantized on ${\rm AdS}_2 \times S^1$. We compute the index by applying supersymmetric localization to partition functions of vector and chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-24 Daniele Iannotti , Antonio Pittelli

The development of laser scanning techniques has popularized the representation of 3D shapes by triangular meshes with a large number of vertices. Compression techniques dedicated to such meshes have emerged, which exploit the idea that the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-10-10 Jérémy Espinas , Raphaëlle Chaine , Pierre-Marie Gandoin

Existing network embedding approaches tackle the problem of learning low-dimensional node representations. However, networks can also be seen in the light of edges interlinking pairs of nodes. The broad goal of this paper is to introduce…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-11-12 Giuseppe Pirrò

Thin sheets that are forced at their boundaries develop a variety of shapes aimed at minimising elastic energy by curving spontaneously in ways that break the symmetry of the sheet and the forcing. Characterising such buckling generally…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-05-22 Anshuman S. Pal

We present a braided circuit topology framework for investigating topology and structural phase transitions in aggregates of semiflexible polymers. In the conventional approach to circuit topology, which specifically applies to single…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-02-27 Jonas Berx , Alireza Mashaghi

Learning based hashing methods have attracted considerable attention due to their ability to greatly increase the scale at which existing algorithms may operate. Most of these methods are designed to generate binary codes preserving the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-01-20 Fumin Shen , Chunhua Shen , Qinfeng Shi , Anton van den Hengel , Zhenmin Tang , Heng Tao Shen

Graph embedding techniques allow to learn high-quality feature vectors from graph structures and are useful in a variety of tasks, from node classification to clustering. Existing approaches have only focused on learning feature vectors for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-05-29 Valeria Fionda , Giuseppe Pirró

We introduce a categorical formalism for rewriting surface-embedded graphs. Such graphs can represent string diagrams in a non-symmetric setting where we guarantee that the wires do not intersect each other. The main technical novelty is a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Malin Altenmüller , Ross Duncan

Entangled networks are ubiquitous in tissues, polymers, and fabrics. However, their mechanics remain insufficiently understood due to the complexity of the topological constraints at the network level. Here, we develop a mathematical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-23 Juntao Huang , Jiabin Liu , Shaoting Lin

In this article, we propose a new approach for describing and understanding knots and links in a 3-manifold through the use of an embedded non-orientable surface. Specifically, we define a plat-like representation based on this…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Alessia Cattabriga , Paolo Cavicchioli , Rama Mishra , Visakh Narayanan

Heterogeneous nucleation at surface edges is pervasive across nature and industry, yet the role of line tension, arising from asymmetric capillary interactions at geometric singularities, remains poorly understood. Herein we develop a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-06-23 Yanchen Wu , Martin Z. Bazant , Allan S. Myerson , Richard D. Braatz

The study of topological semimetals has been extended to more general topological nodal systems such as metamaterials and artificial periodic structures. Among various nodal structures, triply degenerate nodal line (TNL) is rare and hence…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-08-23 Yi-Ru Wang , Gui-Bin Liu

Networked structure emerged from a wide range of fields such as biological systems, World Wide Web and technological infrastructure. A deeply insight into the topological complexity of these networks has been gained. Some works start to pay…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-02-03 Jiang Xiongfei

From descent theory to higher geometry, the idea of gluing has been embedded in many elegant and powerful techniques, proving instrumental for the solution of many problems. In this paper, we introduce a framework that allows to link…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Rita Fioresi , Angelica Simonetti , Ferdinando Zanchetta

Thin elastic sheets bend easily, leading to mechanical instabilities such as wrinkling. Here, we investigate wrinkles at edges of bi-strips, which consist of two thin sheets, one that swells and one that does not, joined side-by-side. It is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-18 I. Levin , S. L. Keller

In this work, we investigate the topological properties of knotted defects in smectic liquid crystals. Our story begins with screw dislocations, whose radial surface structure can be smoothly accommodated on $S^3$ for fibred knots by using…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-06-16 Paul G. Severino , Randall D. Kamien , Benjamin Bode