scholarly journals ON THE S1 × S2 HOMFLY-PT INVARIANT AND LEGENDRIAN LINKS

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (08) ◽  
pp. 1350040 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIKHAIL LAVROV ◽  
DAN RUTHERFORD
Keyword(s):  
Rational Function ◽  
Contact Structure ◽  
Solid Torus ◽  
Laurent Polynomial ◽  
Skein Modules ◽  
Skein Module ◽  
Tight Contact ◽  
Legendrian Links ◽  
Simple Basis

In [On the HOMFLY-PT skein module of S1 × S2, Math. Z. 237(4) (2001) 769–814], Gilmer and Zhong established the existence of an invariant for links in S1 × S2 which is a rational function in variables a and s and satisfies the HOMFLY-PT skein relations. We give formulas for evaluating this invariant in terms of a standard, geometrically simple basis for the HOMFLY-PT skein module of the solid torus. This allows computation of the invariant for arbitrary links in S1 × S2 and shows that the invariant is in fact a Laurent polynomial in a and z = s – s-1. Our proof uses connections between HOMFLY-PT skein modules and invariants of Legendrian links. As a corollary, we extend HOMFLY-PT polynomial estimates for the Thurston–Bennequin number to Legendrian links in S1 × S2 with its tight contact structure.

scholarly journals The Legendrian knot complement problem

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (14) ◽  
pp. 1850067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Kegel
Keyword(s):  
Contact Structure ◽  
Legendrian Knot ◽  
Tight Contact ◽  
Legendrian Links ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
The Way

We prove that every Legendrian knot in the tight contact structure of the [Formula: see text]-sphere is determined by the contactomorphism type of its exterior. Moreover, by giving counterexamples we show this to be not true for Legendrian links in the tight [Formula: see text]-sphere. On the way a new user-friendly formula for computing the Thurston–Bennequin invariant of a Legendrian knot in a surgery diagram is given.

KNOTS IN THE SOLID TORUS UP TO 6 CROSSINGS

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1250106 ◽  
Author(s):  
BOŠTJAN GABROVŠEK ◽  
MACIEJ MROCZKOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Jones Polynomial ◽  
Solid Torus ◽  
Skein Modules ◽  
Skein Module ◽  
Almost All

We classify non-affine, prime knots in the solid torus up to 6 crossings. We establish which of these are amphicheiral: almost all knots with symmetric Jones polynomial are amphicheiral, but in a few cases we use stronger invariants, such as HOMFLYPT and Kauffman skein modules, to show that some such knots are not amphicheiral. Examples of knots with the same Jones polynomial that are different in the HOMFLYPT skein module are presented. It follows from our computations, that the wrapping conjecture is true for all knots up to 6 crossings.

scholarly journals Topological steps toward the Homflypt skein module of the lens spaces L(p,1) via braids

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (14) ◽  
pp. 1650084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Diamantis ◽  
Sofia Lambropoulou ◽  
Jozef H. Przytycki
Keyword(s):  
Infinite System ◽  
Solid Torus ◽  
Lens Spaces ◽  
System Of Equations ◽  
Closed Curves ◽  
Skein Modules ◽  
Skein Module ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
Knots And Links ◽  
Shed Light

In this paper, we work toward the Homflypt skein module of the lens spaces [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] using braids. In particular, we establish the connection between [Formula: see text], the Homflypt skein module of the solid torus ST, and [Formula: see text] and arrive at an infinite system, whose solution corresponds to the computation of [Formula: see text]. We start from the Lambropoulou invariant [Formula: see text] for knots and links in ST, the universal analog of the Homflypt polynomial in ST, and a new basis, [Formula: see text], of [Formula: see text] presented in [I. Diamantis and S. Lambropoulou, A new basis for the Homflypt skein module of the solid torus, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 220(2) (2016) 577–605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpaa.2015.06.014 , arXiv:1412.3642 [math.GT]]. We show that [Formula: see text] is obtained from [Formula: see text] by considering relations coming from the performance of braid band move(s) [bbm] on elements in the basis [Formula: see text], where the bbm are performed on any moving strand of each element in [Formula: see text]. We do that by proving that the system of equations obtained from diagrams in ST by performing bbm on any moving strand is equivalent to the system obtained if we only consider elements in the basic set [Formula: see text]. The importance of our approach is that it can shed light on the problem of computing skein modules of arbitrary c.c.o. [Formula: see text]-manifolds, since any [Formula: see text]-manifold can be obtained by surgery on [Formula: see text] along unknotted closed curves. The main difficulty of the problem lies in selecting from the infinitum of band moves some basic ones and solving the infinite system of equations.

scholarly journals DETECTING TORSION IN SKEIN MODULES USING HOCHSCHILD HOMOLOGY

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 259-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL McLENDON
Keyword(s):  
Tensor Product ◽  
Spectral Sequence ◽  
Boundary Surface ◽  
Hochschild Homology ◽  
Heegaard Splitting ◽  
Common Boundary ◽  
Skein Modules ◽  
Skein Module ◽  
Hochschild Complex

Given a Heegaard splitting of a closed 3-manifold, the skein modules of the two handlebodies are modules over the skein algebra of their common boundary surface. The zeroth Hochschild homology of the skein algebra of a surface with coefficients in the tensor product of the skein modules of two handlebodies is interpreted as the skein module of the 3-manifold obtained by gluing the two handlebodies together along this surface. A spectral sequence associated to the Hochschild complex is constructed and conditions are given for the existence of algebraic torsion in the completion of the skein module of this 3-manifold.

scholarly journals Fiberwise convexity of Hill’s lunar problem

2017 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 571-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junyoung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Energy Level ◽  
Contact Structure ◽  
Finsler Geometry ◽  
Critical Energy ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Finsler Metrics ◽  
Tight Contact ◽  
Systolic Inequality ◽  
Geodesic Problem ◽  
Hill's Lunar Problem

In this paper, we prove the fiberwise convexity of the regularized Hill’s lunar problem below the critical energy level. This allows us to see Hill’s lunar problem of any energy level below the critical value as the Legendre transformation of a geodesic problem on [Formula: see text] with a family of Finsler metrics. Therefore the compactified energy hypersurfaces below the critical energy level have the unique tight contact structure on [Formula: see text]. Also one can apply the systolic inequality of Finsler geometry to the regularized Hill’s lunar problem.

scholarly journals Legendrian torus knots in S1 × S2

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 1550064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feifei Chen ◽  
Fan Ding ◽  
Youlin Li
Keyword(s):  
Contact Structure ◽  
Torus Knots ◽  
Tight Contact

We classify Legendrian torus knots in S1 × S2 with its standard tight contact structure up to Legendrian isotopy.

scholarly journals CONTACT STRUCTURES, σ-CONFOLIATIONS AND CONTAMINATIONS IN 3-MANIFOLDS

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 201-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
ULRICH OERTEL ◽  
JACEK ŚWIATKOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Contact Structure ◽  
Contact Structures ◽  
Tight Contact ◽  
Branched Surface ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Branched Surfaces ◽  
Natural Way

We propose in this paper a method for studying contact structures in 3-manifolds by means of branched surfaces. We explain what it means for a contact structure to be carried by a branched surface embedded in a 3-manifold. To make the transition from contact structures to branched surfaces, we first define auxiliary objects called σ-confoliations and pure contaminations, both generalizing contact structures. We study various deformations of these objects and show that the σ-confoliations and pure contaminations obtained by suitably modifying a contact structure remember the contact structure up to isotopy. After defining tightness for all pure contaminations in a natural way, generalizing the definition of tightness for contact structures, we obtain some conditions on (the embedding of) a branched surface in a 3-manifold sufficient to guarantee that any pure contamination carried by the branched surface is tight. We also find conditions sufficient to prove that a branched surface carries only overtwisted (non-tight) contact structures. Our long-term goal in developing these methods is twofold: Not only do we want to study tight contact structures and pure contaminations, but we also wish to use them as tools for studying 3-manifold topology.

THE (2, ∞)-SKEIN MODULE OF WHITEHEAD MANIFOLDS

1995 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 411-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIM HOSTE ◽  
JÓZEF H. PRZYTYCKI
Keyword(s):  
Jones Polynomial ◽  
Skein Modules ◽  
Skein Module ◽  
Natural Filtration ◽  
Stark Contrast ◽  
Torsion Free

To any orientable 3-manifold one can associate a module, called the (2, ∞)-skein module, which is essentially a generalization of the Jones polynomial of links in S3. For an uncountable collection of open contractible 3-manifolds, each constructed in a fashion similar to the classic Whitehead manifold, we prove that their (2, ∞)-skein modules are infinitely generated, torsion free, but not free. These examples stand in stark contrast to [Formula: see text], whose (2, ∞)-skein module is free on one generator. To each of these manifolds we associate a subgroup G of the rationals which may be interpreted via wrapping numbers. We show that the skein module of M has a natural filtration by modules indexed by G. For the specific case of the Whitehead manifold, we describe its (2, ∞)-skein module and associated filtration in greater detail.

scholarly journals EXPLICIT HORIZONTAL OPEN BOOKS ON SOME PLUMBINGS

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (09) ◽  
pp. 1013-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOLGA ETGÜ ◽  
BURAK OZBAGCI
Keyword(s):  
Contact Structure ◽  
Complex Surface ◽  
Contact Structures ◽  
Open Book ◽  
Open Books ◽  
Tight Contact ◽  
Weinstein Conjecture ◽  
Circle Bundles ◽  
Surface Singularities

We describe explicit open books on arbitrary plumbings of oriented circle bundles over closed oriented surfaces. We show that, for a non-positive plumbing, the open book we construct is horizontal and the corresponding compatible contact structure is also horizontal and Stein fillable. In particular, on some Seifert fibered 3-manifolds we describe open books which are horizontal with respect to their plumbing description. As another application we describe horizontal open books isomorphic to Milnor open books for some complex surface singularities. Moreover we give examples of tight contact 3-manifolds supported by planar open books. As a consequence, the Weinstein conjecture holds for these tight contact structures [1].

scholarly journals Non-commutative trigonometry and the A-polynomial of the trefoil knot

2002 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
RĂZVAN GELCA
Keyword(s):  
Character Variety ◽  
Skein Modules ◽  
Skein Module ◽  
Kauffman Bracket ◽  
Trefoil Knot ◽  
Sum Formula ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Trefoil Knots ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Ideal

The non-commutative generalization of the A-polynomial of a knot of Cooper, Culler, Gillet, Long and Shalen [4] was introduced in [6]. This generalization consists of a finitely generated left ideal of polynomials in the quantum plane, the non- commutative A-ideal, and was defined based on Kauffman bracket skein modules, by deforming the ideal generated by the A-polynomial with respect to a parameter. The deformation was possible because of the relationship between the skein module with the variable t of the Kauffman bracket evaluated at −1 and the SL(2, C)-character variety of the fundamental group, which was explained in [2]. The purpose of the present paper is to compute the non-commutative A-ideal for the left- and right- handed trefoil knots. As will be seen below, this reduces to trigonometric operations in the non-commutative torus, the main device used being the product-to-sum formula for non-commutative cosines.

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