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An Explicit Construction Of Sheaves In Context, Tyler A. Bryson
An Explicit Construction Of Sheaves In Context, Tyler A. Bryson
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This document details the body of theory necessary to explicitly construct sheaves of sets on a site together with the development of supporting material necessary to connect sheaf theory with the wider mathematical contexts in which it is applied. Of particular interest is a novel presentation of the plus construction suitable for direct application to a site without first passing to the generated grothendieck topology.
Thickened Surfaces, Checkerboard Surfaces, And Quantum Link Invariants, Joseph W. Boninger
Thickened Surfaces, Checkerboard Surfaces, And Quantum Link Invariants, Joseph W. Boninger
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This dissertation has two parts, each motivated by an open problem related to the Jones polynomial. The first part addresses the Volume Conjecture of Kashaev, Murakami, and Murakami. We define a polynomial invariant, JTn, of links in the thickened torus, which we call the nth toroidal colored Jones polynomial, and we show JTn satisfies many properties of the original colored Jones polynomial. Most significantly, JTn exhibits volume conjecture behavior. We prove a volume conjecture for the 2-by-2 square weave, and provide computational evidence for other links. We also give two equivalent constructions …