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In this paper, the discovery of the Jones polynomial will be discussed, emphasizing the way in which it illustrated the remarkable unity between distinct parts of mathematics, each with its own language, but initially without a dictionary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Random hypergraphs and random simplicial complexes on finite vertices were studied by [M. Farber, L. Mead and T. Nowik, Random simplicial complexes, duality and the critical dimension, J. Topol. Anal.41(1) (2022) 1–32]. The map algebra on random sub-hypergraphs of a fixed simplicial complex, which detects relations between random sub-hypergraphs and random simplicial sub-complexes, was studied by the authors of this paper. In this paper, we study the map algebra on random sub-hypergraphs of a fixed hypergraph. We give some algorithms generating random hypergraphs and random simplicial complexes by considering the actions of the map algebra on the space of probability distributions. We prove some Künneth-type formulae for random hypergraphs and random simplicial complexes on finite vertices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We create an invariant of virtual Y -oriented trivalent spatial graphs using colorings by virtual Niebrzydowski algebras. This paper generalizes the color invariants using virtual tribrackets and Niebrzydowski algebras by Nelson–Pico, and Graves-Nelson-T. We computed all tribrackets, Niebrzydowski algebras and virtual Niebrzydowski algebras of orders 3 and 4, and provide generative code for all data sets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the untimely passing of Patrick Dehornoy in September 2019, the world of mathematics lost a brilliant scholar who made profound contributions to set theory, algebra, topology, and even computer science and cryptography. And I lost a dear friend and a strong influence in the direction of my own research in mathematics. In this paper, I will concentrate on his remarkable discovery that the braid groups are left-orderable, and its consequences, and its strong influence on my own research. I'll begin by describing how I learned of his work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the presentation of the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of the thickened torus given by the third author in previous work [4], Frohman and Gelca established a complete description of the multiplicative operation leading to a famous product-to-sum formula. In this paper, we study the multiplicative structure of the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of the thickened four-holed sphere. We present an algorithm to compute the product of any two elements of the algebra, and give an explicit formula for some families of curves. We surmise that the algorithm has quasi-polynomial growth with respect to the number of crossings of a pair of curves. Further, we conjecture the existence of a positive basis for the algebra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We compute the action of the 2 -skein algebra of the torus on the 2 -skein module of the solid torus. As a result, we show that the 2 -skein modules of lens spaces is spanned by (⌊ p 2 ⌋ + 1) (2 ⌊ p 2 ⌋ + 1) elements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We determine the action of the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of the torus on the Kauffman bracket skein module of the complement of the 3-twist knot. The point is to study the relationship between knot complements and their boundary tori, an idea that has proved very fruitful in knot theory. We place this idea in the context of Chern–Simons theory, where such actions arose in connection with the computation of the noncommutative version of the A-polynomial that was defined by Frohman, the first author, and Lofaro, but they can also be interpreted as quantum mechanical systems. Our goal is to exhibit a detailed example in a part of Chern–Simons theory where examples are scarce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We construct an equivariant version of annular Khovanov homology via the Frobenius algebra associated with U (1) × U (1) -equivariant cohomology of ℂ ℙ 1 . Motivated by the relationship between the Temperley–Lieb algebra and annular Khovanov homology, we also introduce an equivariant analog of the Temperley–Lieb algebra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We prove that the balanced Chekhov–Fock algebra of a punctured triangulated surface is isomorphic to a skein algebra which is a deformation of the algebra of regular functions of some abelian character variety. We first deduce from this observation a classification of the irreducible representations of the balanced Chekhov–Fock algebra at odd roots of unity, which generalizes to open surfaces the classification of Bonahon, Liu and Wong. We re-interpret Bonahon and Wong's quantum trace map as a non-commutative deformation of some regular morphism between this abelian character variety and the SL 2 -character variety. This algebraic morphism shares many resemblances with the non-abelianization map of Gaiotto, Moore, Hollands and Neitzke. When the punctured surface is closed, we prove that this algebraic non-abelianization map induces a birational morphism between a smooth torus and the relative SL 2 character variety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]