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Topology of cell complexes and manifolds, classification of manifolds (e.g. smoothing, surgery), low dimensional topology (e.g. knot theory, invariants of 4-manifolds), embedding theory, combinatorial and PL topology, geometric group theory, infinite dimensional topology (e.g. Hilbert cube manifolds, theory of retracts).
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Intuition behind Alexander duality
I like to think of Alexander duality in terms of linking numbers of submanifolds (or, in general, k cycles). This is one way to define the pairing you are looking for. In general, consider a $k$-cycle …
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Knot theory without planar diagrams?
Here is an example close to my heart. We show that the second coefficient of the Conway polynomial can be defined by counting quadrisecants. (Collinearities of $4$ points on the knot.)
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Why are there no wild arcs in the plane?
On math.stackexchange it was asked whether all arcs in the plane are ambient-isotopic. I suggested that one could prove this by appealing to the Schönflies theorem, which you can do as long as you can …
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Linking number a complete invariant of link homotopy
The linking number is the same as the homology class that one component represents in the complement of the other. You can reduce any $2$-component link to a normal form by first homotoping one compon …
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Algorithm for detecting ribbon or slice links?
A link in $S^3$ is said to be slice if it bounds a collection of flat disks into the $4$-ball. Here "flat," means that there is a (locally) trivial normal bundle. This condition can be strengthened to …
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rational cohomology of symmetric groups
Take the $n$-skeleton. It has trivial rational homology except possibly in degree $n$. Now add enough $n+1$-cells from the $n+1$-skeleton to kill this top homology. You won't have created any $n+1$-di …
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Fibered example of topologically slice knots
A common source of topologically slice knots are those with Alexander polynomial $1$. However these are not fibered. This follows from a classical result, that $2\mathrm{genus}(K) = \mathrm{deg}(\Delt …
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Surgery along an arc connecting the components of a $2$-component link gives the unknot
Math Overflow seems to have a dearth of low dimensional topology, but this seems like an interesting question. Let $L$ be a $2$-component link in $S^3$. Suppose that there is a framed arc joining the …
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Utility of virtual knot theory?
This paper by Chrisman and Manturov is as close as possible to an answer to my original question. From their introduction:
By classical knot theory we mean the study of knots and links in the $3$- …
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Utility of virtual knot theory?
Virtual knot theory is an interesting generalization of knot theory in which ``virtual" crossings are allowed. See Kauffman's Virtual Knot Theory for an introduction. Greg Kuperberg gave a nice topolo …
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Vassilliev invariants of knots and their cables
As I mentioned in a comment, for the degree $2$ invariant $v_2$ which is the coefficient of $z^2$ in the Conway Polynomial, we have that $v_2(K_{p,q})=av_2(K)+b$. If $K$ is the unknot, this implies th …
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generators of Out(F_n) and homology
You can cook up lots of normal subgroups by looking at any characteristic subgroup of the free group. For example, if $F^{(k)}$ is the $k$th term of the lower central series, there is a surjection
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Where can one find reference proving that Braid group induces isomorphism between punctured ...
The isomorphism of fundamental groups comes from a diffeomorphism of spaces: $D\times[0,1]\setminus B$ is diffeomorphic to the product of an n-punctured disk with $[0,1]$. To see this, note that you c …
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Handle slides homeomorphism
I'm too lazy to draw this right now, but I think I can describe it anyway. Consider a twisted band attached right next to a dual pair of untwisted bands. I'll write this $A\bar{A}BCBC$. Here the overb …
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Quasi-Lie algebras in nature?
A Lie algebra over $\mathbb Z$ is defined to be an abelian group with a bracketing operation $[\cdot,\cdot]$, satisfying the Jacobi identity and the relation $[x,x]=0$ for every $x$. On the other hand …
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