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We construct a combinatorial invariant of 3-orbifolds with singular set a link that generalizes the Turaev torsion invariant of 3-manifolds. We give several gluing formulas from which we derive two consequences. The first is an…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-02-03 Biji Wong

We classify invariant curves for birational surface maps that are expanding on cohomology. When the expansion is exponential, the arithmetic genus of an invariant curve is at most one. This implies severe constraints on both the type and…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jeffrey Diller , Daniel Jackson , Andrew Sommese

We study Willmore surfaces of constant Moebius curvature $K$ in $S^4$. It is proved that such a surface in $S^3$ must be part of a minimal surface in $R^3$ or the Clifford torus. Another result in this paper is that an isotropic surface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-09-12 Xiang Ma , Changping Wang

It is conjectured that to test the K-polystability of a polarised variety it is enough to consider test-configurations which are equivariant with respect to a torus in the automorphism group. We prove partial results towards this…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Giulio Codogni , Jacopo Stoppa

A spectral sequence converging to Khovanov homology is constructed which is applied to calculate the rational Khovanov homology of (3,q)-torus links.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-05-11 Paul Turner

In this paper we consider the twice-renormalized, complex-valued modified KdV (mKdV) on the one-dimensional torus introduced by Chapouto. Our main result is the construction of an invariant measure supported at low-regularity. This work…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Zachary Lee , Nataša Pavlović , Gigliola Staffilani , Nicola Visciglia

We provide an explicit resolution of the Abreu equation on convex labeled quadrilaterals. This confirms a conjecture of Donaldson in this particular case and implies a complete classification of the explicit toric K\"ahler-Einstein and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-12-15 Eveline Legendre

The non-orientable 4-genus of a knot $K$ in $S^{3}$, denoted $\gamma_4(K)$, measures the minimum genus of a non-orientable surface in $B^{4}$ bounded by $K$. We compute bounds for the non-orientable 4-genus of knots $T_{5, q}$ and $T_{6,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-06-07 Megan Fairchild , Hailey Jay Garcia , Jake Murphy , Hannah Percle

We compute the $E_2$ page in the Rasmussen spectral sequence from triply graded to $\mathfrak{gl}_N$ Khovanov--Rozansky stable homology of torus knots. This confirms a weak form of the conjecture of the second author, Oblomkov, and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-07-02 William Ballinger , Eugene Gorsky , Matthew Hogancamp , Joshua Wang

The Newton--Okounkov body of a big divisor D on a smooth surface is a numerical invariant in the form of a convex polygon. We study the geometric significance of the shape of Newton--Okounkov polygons of ample divisors, showing that they…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-16 Joaquim Roé , Tomasz Szemberg

This is a companion paper to earlier work of the authors, which interprets the Heegaard Floer homology for a manifold with torus boundary in terms of immersed curves in a punctured torus. We prove a variety of properties of this invariant,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-10-25 Jonathan Hanselman , Jacob Rasmussen , Liam Watson

The generalized Donaldson-Thomas invariants counting one dimensional semistable sheaves on Calabi-Yau 3-folds are conjectured to satisfy a certain multiple cover formula. This conjecture is equivalent to Pandharipande-Thomas's strong…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-08-26 Yukinobu Toda

A covariant functor from the category of mapping tori to a category of AF-algebras is constructed; the functor takes continuous maps between such manifolds to stable homomorphisms between the corresponding AF-algebras. We use this functor…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2016-01-14 Igor Nikolaev

We study the Khovanov complex of closed piecewise linear curves in the 3-space. A polygonal link representation endows the cube of resolutions with an additional combinatorial structure. The set of symmetries preserving this structure and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Eva Horvat

In this manuscript we define Vassiliev measures of complexity for open curves in 3-space. These are related to the coefficients of the enhanced Jones polynomial of open curves in 3-space. These Vassiliev measures are continuous functions of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-11-17 Eleni Panagiotou , Louis H. Kauffman

We extend the formulae of classical invariant theory for the Jacobian of a genus one curve of degree $n \le 4$ to curves of arbitrary degree. To do this, we associate to each genus one normal curve of degree $n$, an $n \times n$ alternating…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-02 Tom Fisher

In [2] Kauffman and Vogel constructed a rigid vertex regular isotopy invariant for unoriented four-valent graphs embedded in three dimensional space. It assigns to each embedded graph G a polynomial, denoted [G], in three variables, A, B…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Rui Pedro Carpentier

We show that reduced Khovanov homology over any field is invariant under component-preserving Conway mutation. Our proof relies on strong geography restrictions for a certain Khovanov multicurve invariant associated with Conway tangles that…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Artem Kotelskiy , Liam Watson , Claudius Zibrowius

We use Batson's lower bound on the nonorientable slice genus of $(2n,2n-1)$-torus knots to prove that for any $n \geq 2$, every smooth Jordan curve has an inscribed rectangle of of aspect ratio $\tan(\frac{\pi k}{2n})$ for some $k\in…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-21 Cole Hugelmeyer

We establish the duality between the torus knot superpolynomials or the Poincar\'e polynomials of the Khovanov homology and particular condensates in $\Omega$-deformed 5D supersymmetric QED compactified on a circle with 5d Chern-Simons(CS)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-09 A. Gorsky , A. Milekhin