-knots via the mapping class group of the twice punctured torus.
3-coloring and other elementary invariants of knots
3-manifold spines and bijoins.
We describe a combinatorial algorithm for constructing all orientable 3-manifolds with a given standard bidimensional spine by making use of the idea of bijoin (Bandieri and Gagliardi (1982), Graselli (1985)) over a suitable pseudosimplicial triangulation of the spine.
A Calculus for Framed Links in S3.
A cohomology theory for colored tangles
We employ the sl(2) foam cohomology to define a cohomology theory for oriented framed tangles whose components are labeled by irreducible representations of . We show that the corresponding colored invariants of tangles can be assembled into invariants of bigger tangles. For the case of knots and links, the corresponding theory is a categorification of the colored Jones polynomial, and provides a tool for efficient computations of the resulting colored invariant of knots and links. Our theory is...
A colored Khovanov bicomplex
In this note, we prove the existence of a tri-graded Khovanov-type bicomplex (Theorem 1.2). The graded Euler characteristic of the total complex associated with this bicomplex is the colored Jones polynomial of a link. The first grading of the bicomplex is a homological one derived from cabling of the link (i.e., replacing a strand of the link by several parallel strands); the second grading is related to the homological grading of ordinary Khovanov homology; finally, the third grading is preserved...
A combinatorial formula for the signature of alternating diagrams
We express the signature of an alternating link in terms of some combinatorial characteristics of its diagram.
A computation in Khovanov-Rozansky homology
We investigate the Khovanov-Rozansky invariant of a certain tangle and its compositions. Surprisingly the complexes we encounter reduce to ones that are very simple. Furthermore, we discuss a "local" algorithm for computing Khovanov-Rozansky homology and compare our results with those for the "foam" version of sl₃-homology.
A computation of the Kontsevich integral of torus knots.
A conjecture on Khovanov's invariants
We formulate a conjectural formula for Khovanov's invariants of alternating knots in terms of the Jones polynomial and the signature of the knot.
A criterion for the noncellularity of arcs
A Family of Impossible Figures Studied by Knot Theory
A filtration of the set of integral homological 3-spheres.
A functor-valued invariant of tangles.
A generalization of Jaeger-Nomura's Bose Mesner algebra associated to type II matrices
A category generalizing Jaeger-Nomura algebra associated to a spin model is given. It is used to prove some equivalence among the four conditions by Jaeger-Nomura for spin models of index 2.
A generalized bridge number for links in 3-manifolds.
A generating function for spin network evaluations
A geometric interpretation of Milnor's triple linking numbers.
A glimpse at knot theory
A Lagrangian representation of tangles II
The present paper is a continuation of our previous paper [Topology 44 (2005), 747-767], where we extended the Burau representation to oriented tangles. We now study further properties of this construction.