STRONGLY $n$ -TRIVIAL KNOTS

Strongly n-trivial Knots

We prove that given any knot k of genus g, k fails to be strongly n-trivial for all n, n ≥ 3g − 1.

Topologically Trivial Legendrian Knots

This paper deals with topologically trivial Legendrian knots in tight and overtwisted contact 3-manifolds. The first parts (Sections 1-3) contain a thorough exposition of the proof of the classification of topologically trivial Legendrian knots (i.e. Legendrian knots bounding embedded 2-disks) in tight contact 3-manifolds (Theorem 1.7), and, in particular, in the standard contact S. These parts...

On Knots with Trivial Alexander Polynomial

We use the 2-loop term of the Kontsevich integral to show that there are (many) knots with trivial Alexander polynomial which don’t have a Seifert surface whose genus equals the rank of the Seifert form. This is one of the first applications of the Kontsevich integral to intrinsically 3-dimensional questions in topology. Our examples contradict a lemma of Mike Freedman, and we explain what went...

A non-trivial example of a trivial strongly analytic multifunction

Using a construction similar to an iterated function system, but with functions changing at each step of iteration, we provide a natural example of a continuous one-parameter family of holomorphic functions of infinitely many variables. This family is parametrized by the compact space of positive integer sequences of prescribed growth and hence it can also be viewed as a parametric description ...

Strongly regular graphs with non-trivial automorphisms