Research Oriented (Knot Theory)

Research Oriented Sites:

Mark Brittenham's Papers and Preprints Mark Brittenham's Papers and Preprints: Research papers on three manifolds, foliations, surgery on knots. (Research Oriented) http://www.math.unl.edu/~mbritten/personal/pprdescr.html#perseif Knots in Braid Notation Knots in Braid Notation: Listing of every knot of up to 11 crossings in braid notation. Useful for computer calculations in knot theory. (Research Oriented) http://www.scoriton.demon.co.uk/knots.html Knot Polynomials Knot Polynomials: Research paper on a state-space representation of the HOMFLY polynomial, by B. Bollobás, L. Pebody and D. Weinreich. Links to the paper in pdf,dvi and ps formats. (Research Oriented) http://www.gettysburg.edu/~dweinrei/research/homfly.html Does the Jones Polynomial Detect Unknottedness? Does the Jones Polynomial Detect Unknottedness?: Research paper (in postscript format) showing that any knot with trivial Jones polynomial must have at least 18 crossings. The number of different Alexander, Homfly and Jones polynomials for knots of up to 15 crossings is given. (Research Oriented) http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~hougardy/paper/abs_does.html Liverpool University Knot Theory Group Liverpool University Knot Theory Group: Articles and preprints from 1987 onward. Some are available for download in postscript format. (Research Oriented) http://www.liv.ac.uk/~su14/knotprints.html Papers on Knot Theory at arxiv.org. Papers on Knot Theory at arxiv.org.: Search for papers held at LANL with the word 'knot' in them. (Research Oriented) http://arXiv.org/find/math/1/fr:+knot/0/1/0/past,all/0/1 A Dynamic Approach to Calculating the HOMFLY Polynomial for Directed Knots and Links A Dynamic Approach to Calculating the HOMFLY Polynomial for Directed Knots and Links: A research paper describing an algorithm for calculating the HOMFLY polynomial of directed knots and links. The algorithm has a better time bound for large links than algorithns that ignore duplicates. Source code is on the site. (Research Oriented) http://burtleburtle.net/bob/knot/thesis.html Knot Theory and Quantum Gravity Knot Theory and Quantum Gravity: Quantizing general relativity brings knot theory into quantum gravity. The Jones polynomial is shown to give rise to physical states of quantum gravity. Links to research papers by the author. (Research Oriented) http://www.phys.lsu.edu/faculty/pullin