New points of view in knot theory

A New Point of View in the Theory of Knot and Link Invariants

Recent progress in string theory has led to a reformulation of quantum-group polynomial invariants for knots and links into new polynomial invariants whose coefficients can be understood in topological terms. We describe in detail how to construct the new polynomials and we conjecture their general structure. This leads to new conjectures on the algebraic structure of the quantum-group polynomi...

A Critical View on New Urbanism Theory in Urban Planning: From Theory to Practice

In the wake of Jacobs’s criticisms of planning, planners increasingly felt a level of angst over, or even responsibility for, the condition of the city. Schooled in preparing and implementing plans and land use regulations, they appreciated the appeal of a new movement that offered a simple, tangible, and marketable recipe for practice. New urbanism theory is one of the contemporary urban theor...

Knot Invariants and New Quantum Field Theory

We propose a new gauge theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) and quantum chromodynamics (QCD) from which we derive knot invariants such as the Jones polynomial. Our approach is inspired by the work of Witten who derived knot invariants from quantum field theory based on the Chern-Simon Lagrangian. From our approach we can derive new knot invariants which extend the Jones polynomial and give a...

Teachers, points of view about evaluation

Introduction. Although faculty evaluation is designed to improve faculty programs but it is difficult to achieve this objective.This research is to determine teacher's points of view about evaluation in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 1380. Methods. A qualitative study with using group discussion was carried out on faculty members randomly for 5 groups. 6-8 persons participated (m...

Knot Theory