Jim Conant

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I like low-dimensional topology and geometric group theory. I'm particularly drawn to problems that involve algebraic spaces of graphs, such as graph homology.
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Why are there no wild arcs in the plane?

mar 8 11 at 11:37 Jim Conant 2,925●1●6●27

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Utility of virtual knot theory?

may 16 11 at 22:50 Jim Conant 2,925●1●6●27

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Ordinal-indexed homology theory?

feb 12 11 at 23:07 Kevin Walker 6,137●1●10●32

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GL(V)-representation theory for a Lie bracket kernel

sep 20 11 at 14:50 Jim Conant 2,925●1●6●27

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Algorithm for detecting ribbon or slice links?

feb 19 11 at 18:13 Agol 23.9k●1●33●84

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Why is this vector space related to modular forms?

jul 25 at 21:00 Jim Conant 2,925●1●6●27

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$\omega$-triviality of knots?

oct 10 10 at 15:39 Daniel Moskovich 10.9k●1●36●105

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Why are operads so closely connected to mathematical physics?

aug 13 11 at 5:41 Ryan Budney 21.6k●1●40●101

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How misleading is it to regard $\frac{dy}{dx}$ as a fraction?
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Are there examples of non-orientable manifolds in nature?
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What if Current Foundations of Mathematics are Inconsistent?
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What makes four dimensions special?
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Outer automorphisms of free groups into bigger free groups
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Borromean braids
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Are there graph models for other moduli spaces?
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Knot theory without planar diagrams?
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Is there a torsion element in the homology cylinder group?
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Using slides in math classroom
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Whitehead doubles of any knots
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What does the word “symplectic” mean?
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Intuition behind Alexander duality
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Computing homology of very large posets
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When do submanifolds lie in the same homology class?
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Is the Hopf link a Brunnian link?
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Resubmitting a paper
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fundamental groups of surfaces
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Theorems that are ‘obvious’ but hard to prove
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Boundary links and ribbon links.
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NP-Hard solution question
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Examples of great mathematical writing
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slice=ribbon generalization to higher genus + potential counterexamples to slice=ribbon.
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Discrete Morse theory and existence of minimal complex
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Ternary “Lie structure”
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What are some examples of ingenious, unexpected constructions?
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Vassilliev invariants of knots and their cables
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Homology of Covering Spaces
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Quasi-Lie algebras in nature?
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Never appeared forthcoming papers
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