On polynomial coverings and their classification.
It is known that the minimal degree of the Jones polynomial of a positive knot is equal to its genus, and the minimal coefficient is 1, with a similar relation for links. We extend this result to almost positive links and partly identify the next three coefficients for special types of positive links. We also give counterexamples to the Jones polynomial-ribbon genus conjectures for a quasipositive knot. Then we show that the Alexander polynomial completely detects the minimal genus and fiber property...
We study self-homotopy equivalences and diffeomorphisms of the (n+1)-dimensional manifold X= #p(S1 x Sn) for any n ≥ 3. Then we completely determine the group of pseudo-isotopy classes of homeomorphisms of X and extend to dimension n well-known theorems due to F. Laudenbach and V. Poenaru (1972,1973), and J. M. Montesinos (1979).
Viene presentata una costruzione che, dato un arbitrario nodo , produce allo stesso tempo: 1) un'applicazione polinomiale con singolarità (debolmente) isolata in e come tipo di nodo della singolarità; 2) una risoluzione delle singolarità di nel senso di Hironaka. Specializzando la costruzione ai nodi fibrati otteniamo una versione debole (a meno di scoppiementi e nella categoria analitica reale) di un reciproco per il teorema di fibrazione di Milnor.
We prove that for any positive integers there exists a real flag manifold with cup-length equal to its dimension. Additionally, we give a necessary condition that an arbitrary real flag manifold needs to satisfy in order to have cup-length equal to its dimension.
In this paper, we continue the study of the possible cohomology rings of compact complex four dimensional irreducible hyperkähler manifolds. In particular, we prove that in the case b 2=7, b 3=0 or 8. The latter was achieved by the Beauville construction.
We show that coefficients of residue formulas for characteristic numbers associated to a smooth toral action on a manifold can be taken in a quotient field This yields canonical identities over the integers and, reducing modulo two, residue formulas for Stiefel Whitney numbers.
For a Riemannian foliation, the topology of the corresponding spectral sequence is used to characterize the existence of a bundle-like metric such that the leaves are minimal submanifolds. When the codimension is , a simple characterization of this geometrical property is proved.