Space curves with positive torsion

Summary Space curves may be classified under various kinds of deformation. The following six kinds of deformation have been of special interest; namely first, second and third order homotopy and isotopy. (We say the deformation is k-th order if the first k derivatives remain independent during the deformation.) The first order homotopy classification of space curves may be accomplished using well-known methods of Whitney; there is only one class. The second and third order homotopy classification was done by Feldman[1] and Little[6], respectively. The first order isotopy classification of space curves is knot theory; a subject of its own. The second order isotopy classification has been done by W. F. Pohl (unpublished). Thus, aside from knot theory, the only remaining problem is the third order isotopy problem. In this paper we give a partial answer. Our result is partial because we must restrict the class of curves with which we are dealing; namely to curves with a ? twist ?. But it may well be that every curve does have a twist, in which case our restricted class of curves would be all curves and the classification would be complete. In addition we construct a curve of positive torsion with any preassigned self-linking number in any preassigned knot class; a question raised by W. F. Pohl. Entrata in Redazione il 4 settembre 1976.     

On minimal elements for a partial order of prime knots

In this paper, applying Chebyshev polynomials we give a basic proof of the irreducibility over the complex number field of the defining polynomial of SL₂(C)-character variety of twist knots in infinitely many cases. The irreducibility, combined with a result in the paper of M. Boileau, S. Boyer, A.W. Reid and S. Wang in 2010, shows the minimality of infinitely many twist knots for a partial order on the set of prime knots defined by using surjective group homomorphisms between knot groups. In Appendix B, we also give a straightforward proof of the result of Boileau et al.     

Differences of Alexander polynomials for knots caused by a single crossing change

Kondo and Sakai independently gave a characterization of Alexander polynomials for knots which are transformed into the trivial knot by a single crossing change. The first author gave a characterization of Alexander polynomials for knots which are transformed into the trefoil knot (and into the figure-eight knot) by a single crossing change. In this note, we will give a characterization of Alexander polynomials for knots which are transformed into the 10₁₃₂ knot (and into the (5,2)-torus knot) by a single crossing change. Moreover, this method can be applied for knots with monic Alexander polynomials.     

Virtual knots undetected by 1- and 2-strand bracket polynomials

Kishino's knot is not detected by the fundamental group or the bracket polynomial. However, we can show that Kishino's knot is not equivalent to the unknot by applying either the 3-strand bracket polynomial or the surface bracket polynomial. In this paper, we construct two non-trivial virtual knot diagrams, KD and Km, that are not detected by the 1-strand or the 2-strand bracket polynomial. From these diagrams, we construct two infinite families of non-classical virtual knot diagrams that are not detected by the bracket polynomial. Additionally, these virtual knot diagrams are trivial as flats.     

On knot complements that decompose into regular ideal dodecahedra

Aitchison and Rubinstein showed there are two distinct ways to identify the faces of a pair of regular ideal dodecahedra and obtain a knot complement. This paper shows that these knot complements are the only knot complements that decompose into \(n\) regular ideal dodecahedra, providing a partial solution to a conjecture of Neumann and Reid. A corollary of the main theorem classifies the hyperbolic knot complements can be decomposed into regular ideal polyhedra.     

Example of a function of two variables that cannot be an <Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>-function

We note that the definition of R-functions depends on the choice of a certain surjection and pose the problem of the construction of a function of two variables that is not an R-function for any choice of a surjective mapping. It is shown that the function x ₁ x ₂ − 1 possesses this property. We prove a theorem according to which, in the case of finite sets, every mapping is an R-mapping for a proper choice of a surjection.     

Genera, band sum of knots and Vassiliev invariants

Recently Stoimenow showed that for every knot K and any n∈N and u₀?u(K) there is a prime knot Kn,uo which is n-equivalent to the knot K and has unknotting number u(Kn,uo) equal to u₀. The similar result has been obtained for the 4-ball genus gs of a knot. Stoimenow also proved that any admissible value of the Tristram-Levine signature σξ can be realized by a knot with the given Vassiliev invariants of bounded order. In this paper, we show that for every knot K with genus g(K) and any n∈N and m?g(K) there exists a prime knot L which is n-equivalent to K and has genus g(L) equal to m.     

La construction bar d'une algèbre comme algèbre de Hopf E-infini

We prove that the bar construction of an E_∞ algebra forms an E_∞ algebra. To be more precise, we provide the bar construction of an algebra over the surjection operad with the structure of a Hopf algebra over the Barratt–Eccles operad. (The surjection operad and the Barratt–Eccles operad are classical E_∞ operads.) To cite this article: B. Fresse, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 337 (2003).     

Angle orders,regular n-gon orders and the crossing number

A finite poset P(X,<) on a set X={ x ₁,...,x _m} is an angle order (regular n-gon order) if the elements of P(X,<) can be mapped into a family of angular regions on the plane (a family of regular polygons with n sides and having parallel sides) such that x _ij if and only if the angular region (regular n-gon) for x _i is contained in the region (regular n-gon) for x _j. In this paper we prove that there are partial orders of dimension 6 with 64 elements which are not angle orders. The smallest partial order previously known not to be an angle order has 198 elements and has dimension 7. We also prove that partial orders of dimension 3 are representable using equilateral triangles with the same orientation. This results does not generalizes to higher dimensions. We will prove that there is a partial order of dimension 4 with 14 elements which is not a regular n-gon order regardless of the value of n. Finally, we prove that partial orders of dimension 3 are regular n-gon orders for n3.This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, grant numbers A0977 and A2415.     

On determination of jumps in terms of the Abel-Poisson mean of Fourier series. II

In this paper, we generalize two important results of Bagota and Móricz [1], and generalize our earlier results in [6] from one-variable to two-variable case. As special applications, we prove that the generalized jump of f(x, y) at some point (x ₀, y ₀) can be determined by the higher order mixed partial derivatives of the Abel-Poisson mean of double Fourier series and the higher order mixed partial derivatives of the Abel-Poisson means of the three conjugate double Fourier series.     

Ordinals and set-valued zero-selections for hyperspaces

A continuous zero-selection f for the Vietoris hyperspace F(X) of the nonempty closed subsets of a space X is a Vietoris continuous map f:F(X)→X which assigns to every nonempty closed subset an isolated point of it. It is well known that a compact space X has a continuous zero-selection if and only if it is an ordinal space, or, equivalently, if X can be mapped onto an ordinal space by a continuous one-to-one surjection. In this paper, we prove that a compact space X has an upper semi-continuous set-valued zero-selection for its Vietoris hyperspace F(X) if and only if X can be mapped onto an ordinal space by a continuous finite-to-one surjection.     

Effective embeddings into strong degree structures

We show that any partial order with a Σ₃ enumeration can be effectively embedded into any partial order obtained by imposing a strong reducibility such as ≤_tt on the c. e. sets. As a consequence, we obtain that the partial orders that result from imposing a strong reducibility on the sets in a level of the Ershov hiearchy below ω + 1 are co‐embeddable.     

A surjection theorem and a fixed point theorem for a class of positive operators

This paper is concerned with α-convex operators on ordered Banach spaces. A surjection theorem for 1-convex operators in order intervals is established by means of the properties of cone and monotone iterative technique. It is assumed that 1-convex operator A is increasing and satisfies Ay−Ax?M(y−x) for θ?x?y?v₀, where θ denotes the zero element and v₀ is a constant. Moreover, we prove a fixed point theorem for -convex operators by using fixed point theorem of cone expansion. In the end, we apply the fixed point theorem to certain integral equations.     

Solving of second order nonlinear PDE problems by using artificial controls with controlled error

In this paper, we find the approximate solution of a second order nonlinear partial differential equation on a simple connected region inR ². We transfer this problem to a new problem of second order nonlinear partial differential equation on a rectangle. Then, we transformed the later one to an equivalent optimization problem. Then we consider the optimization problem as a distributed parameter system with artificial controls. Finally, by using the theory of measure, we obtain the approximate solution of the original problem. In this paper also the global error inL ₁ is controlled.     

Obtaining graph knots by twisting unknots

Let K be a knot in the 3-sphere S³ and D a disk in S³ meeting K transversely more than once in the interior. For nontriviality we assume that |D∩K|⩾2 over all isotopies of K in S³−∂D. Let K_D,n (⊂S³) be a knot obtained from K by n twisting along the disk D. We prove that if K is a trivial knot and K_D,n is a graph knot, then |n|⩽1 or K and D form a special pair which we call an “exceptional pair”. As a corollary, if (K,D) is not an exceptional pair, then by twisting unknot K more than once (in the positive or the negative direction) along the disk D, we always obtain a knot with positive Gromov volume. We will also show that there are infinitely many graph knots each of which is obtained from a trivial knot by twisting, but its companion knot cannot be obtained in such a manner.     

On diagrammatic bounds of knot volumes and spectral invariants

In recent years, several families of hyperbolic knots have been shown to have both volume and λ₁ (first eigenvalue of the Laplacian) bounded in terms of the twist number of a diagram, while other families of knots have volume bounded by a generalized twist number. We show that for general knots, neither the twist number nor the generalized twist number of a diagram can provide two-sided bounds on either the volume or λ₁. We do so by studying the geometry of a family of hyperbolic knots that we call double coil knots, and finding two-sided bounds in terms of the knot diagrams on both the volume and on λ₁. We also extend a result of Lackenby to show that a collection of double coil knot complements forms an expanding family iff their volume is bounded.     

A generalization of trigonometric convexity and its relation to positive harmonic functions in homogeneous domains

We consider functions which are subfunctions with respect to the differential operator

Basics of a generalized Wiman–Valiron theory for monogenic Taylor series of finite convergence radius

In this paper, we develop the basic concepts for a generalized Wiman–Valiron theory for Clifford algebra valued functions that satisfy inside an n + 1-dimensional ball the higher dimensional Cauchy-Riemann system ${\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_0} + \sum_{i=1}^n e_i\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}=0}In this paper, we develop the basic concepts for a generalized Wiman–Valiron theory for Clifford algebra valued functions that satisfy inside an n + 1-dimensional ball the higher dimensional Cauchy-Riemann system \frac?f?x₀ + ?_i=1ⁿ e_i\frac?f?x_i=0{\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_0} + \sum_{i=1}^n e_i\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}=0} . These functions are called monogenic or Clifford holomorphic inside the ball. We introduce growth orders, the maximum term and a generalization of the central index for monogenic Taylor series of finite convergence radius. Our goal is to establish explicit relations between these entities in order to estimate the asymptotic growth behavior of a monogenic function in a ball in terms of its Taylor coefficients. Furthermore, we exhibit a relation between the growth order of such a function f and the growth order of its partial derivatives.     

Topology of Maximally Writhed Real Algebraic Knots

Oleg Viro introduced an invariant of rigid isotopy for real algebraic knots in ??³ which can be viewed as a first order Vassiliev invariant. In this paper we look at real algebraic knots of degree d with the maximal possible value of this invariant. We show that for a given d all such knots are topologically isotopic and explicitly identify their knot type.     

Rectangular superpolynomials for the figure-eight knot 4<Subscript>1</Subscript>

We rewrite the recently proposed differential expansion formula for HOMFLY polynomials of the knot 4₁ in an arbitrary rectangular representation R = [r^s] as a sum over all Young subdiagrams λ of R with surprisingly simple coefficients of the Z factors. Intriguingly, these coefficients are constructed from the quantum dimensions of symmetric representations of the groups SL(r) and SL(s) and restrict the summation to diagrams with no more than s rows and r columns. Moreover, the β-deformation to Macdonald dimensions yields polynomials with positive integer coefficients, which are plausible candidates for the role of superpolynomials for rectangular representations. Both the polynomiality and the positivity of the coefficients are nonobvious, nevertheless true. This generalizes the previously known formulas for symmetric representations to arbitrary rectangular representations. The differential expansion allows introducing additional gradings. For the trefoil knot 3₁, to which our results for the knot 4₁ are immediately extended, we obtain the so-called fourth grading of hyperpolynomials. The property of factorization in roots of unity is preserved even in the five-graded case.