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How are the Conway polynomial and the Alexander polynomial different?

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Is there a discrete Cerf theory?

asked Feb 25, 2011 at 5:01

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What is a path in K-theory space?

asked Sep 1, 2010 at 12:43

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What are the relations between conjugates and commutators?

asked Dec 4, 2012 at 7:19

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What do tangles teach us about braids?

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What is the state of the art for algorithmic knot simplification?

asked Oct 7, 2013 at 0:35

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Is there a notion of a chain complex with corners?

asked Oct 21, 2012 at 11:56

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Elegant proof that mapping class groups are generated by Dehn twists?

asked May 19, 2011 at 13:07

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Can you prove equivalence without being able to calculate it?

asked Jan 7, 2010 at 1:19

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Good introduction to Morse-Novikov theory?

asked Mar 26, 2012 at 1:58

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Why are Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants expected to be integral?

asked Jul 19, 2014 at 16:44

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Most general context for the Morse Lemmas

asked Nov 6, 2011 at 14:25

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Proof by `universal receiver'

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Why Lagrangian cobordism?

asked Nov 8, 2010 at 20:19

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Why symmetric spaces?

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Is every virtual knot group an HNN extension?

asked Feb 6, 2011 at 18:56

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Is a knotted trivalent graph determined by its set of unzips?

asked Feb 14, 2013 at 9:34

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Diagrammatic proof of unique prime decomposition of knots

asked Apr 14, 2013 at 7:18

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Does the shortest path between two braids pass through string links?

asked Feb 16, 2014 at 10:00

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Is more alternating always better?

asked Oct 27, 2014 at 5:33

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Geodesic cuffs of pairs of pants in a hyperbolic manifold- why are they disjoint?

asked Dec 19, 2012 at 12:32

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How to find Colin Day's PhD Thesis

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Does every knot contain all four vertices of an isosceles trapezoid?

asked May 30, 2011 at 3:44

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Krull rings and determinantal invariants

asked Apr 14, 2010 at 15:44

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Seifert surfaces of torus knots

asked Nov 25, 2009 at 13:21

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Difference between Alexander polynomial and Blanchfield pairing

asked Dec 1, 2009 at 10:35

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What is the Alexander polynomial of a point?

asked Feb 3, 2010 at 1:11

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Freedman's work on non-simply-connected 4-manifolds

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Which presentations of (non)planar algebras give rise to knots?

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Reference request for relative bordism coinciding with homology in low dimensions

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76 Questions

How are the Conway polynomial and the Alexander polynomial different?

Is there a discrete Cerf theory?

What is a path in K-theory space?

What are the relations between conjugates and commutators?

What do tangles teach us about braids?

What is the state of the art for algorithmic knot simplification?

Is there a notion of a chain complex with corners?

Elegant proof that mapping class groups are generated by Dehn twists?

Can you prove equivalence without being able to calculate it?

Good introduction to Morse-Novikov theory?

Why are Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants expected to be integral?

Most general context for the Morse Lemmas

Proof by `universal receiver'

Why Lagrangian cobordism?

Why symmetric spaces?

Is every virtual knot group an HNN extension?

Is a knotted trivalent graph determined by its set of unzips?

Diagrammatic proof of unique prime decomposition of knots

Does the shortest path between two braids pass through string links?

Is more alternating always better?

Geodesic cuffs of pairs of pants in a hyperbolic manifold- why are they disjoint?

How to find Colin Day's PhD Thesis

Does every knot contain all four vertices of an isosceles trapezoid?

Krull rings and determinantal invariants

Seifert surfaces of torus knots

Difference between Alexander polynomial and Blanchfield pairing

What is the Alexander polynomial of a point?

Freedman's work on non-simply-connected 4-manifolds

Which presentations of (non)planar algebras give rise to knots?

Reference request for relative bordism coinciding with homology in low dimensions