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It is a consequence of theorems of Gordon-Reid [Tangle decompositions of tunnel number one knots and links, J. Knot Theory and its Ramifications, 4 (1995) 389-409] and Thompson [Thin position and bridge number for knots in the 3-sphere,…
We construct a new type of geometric knot theory, plumbers' knots, and solve the problems of distinguishing and enumerating such knots at a fixed level of complexity. (v2) Minor edits, added theorem 3.18. (v3) Substantial revisions,…
A knot theoretic algorithm is proposed to model `fragile topology' of quantum physics.
This paper is an introduction to the theory of virtual knots and links and it gives a list of unsolved problems in this subject.
These notes were prepared to supplement the talk that I gave on Feb 19, 2004, at the First East Asian School of Knots and Related Topics, Seoul, South Korea. In this article I review aspects of the interconnections between braids, knots and…
The recent proof by Bigelow and Krammer that the braid groups are linear opens the possibility of applications to the study of knots and links. It was proved by the first author and Menasco that any closed braid representative of the unknot…
Either fibered knots supporting the tight contact structure are unique in their smooth concordance class or there exists a fibered counterexample to the Slice-Ribbon Conjecture.
We produce embeddings of knots in thin position that admit compressible thin levels. We also find the bridge number of tangle sums where each tangle is high distance.
I present a summary of the recent progress made in field and string theory which has led to a reformulation of quantum-group polynomial invariants for knots and links into new polynomial invariants whose coefficients can be described in…
This paper was withdrawn by the author. The appearance of an author-written addendum [3] to the paper [2] made our correction note [1] to that paper superfluous and hence it is no longer available here. [1] Dror Bar-Natan and Ofer Ron, A…
This is a chapter of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Networks.
In this paper, the authors give an unknotting sequence for torus knots and also provide unknotting numbers of $_n14_{17191}, \ _n14_{14274}, \ _n14_{18351}, \ _n14_{24498}$ and some other knots from the knot table of Hoste-Thistlethwite.
In order to establish Fredholm theory on stratified topological Banach manifolds in Gromov-Witten theory, we have introduced flat structures on such manifolds in [L4]. Such a structure is obtained from local flat coordinate charts. The…
These are the notes for a mini-course on the problem of determining knots by means of their cyclic branched coverings given at the Workshop on Branched Covers held at IMUS in Seville from November 17 to 21, 2025.
We give an introduction to the physics and mathematics involved in the recently observed relation between topological string theory and knot contact homology and then discuss this relation. The note is based on two lectures given at the…
In 2000, Thomas Fink and Young Mao studied neck ties and, with certain assumptions, found 85 different ways to tie a neck tie. They gave a formal language which describes how a tie is made, giving a sequence of moves for each neck tie. The…
We discuss the role of weakly normal formulas in the theory of thorn forking, as part of a commentary on the paper "Thorn forking and stable forking" by Ealy and Onshuus (Rev. acad. colomb. cienc. exact. fis. nat. vol.40 no.157 Bogot\'a…
In this paper we constructed new model of plastic deformation. The knot theory was used to classify the plastic state.
In this essay dedicated to Yakov Eliashberg we survey the current state of the field of Lagrangian (un)knots, reviewing some constructions and obstructions along with a number of unsolved questions. The appendix by Georgios Dimitroglou…
This technical report accompanies the following three papers. It contains the computations necessary to verify some of the results claimed in those papers. [1] Carolyn Chun, Deborah Chun, Dillon Mayhew, and Stefan H. M. van Zwam.…