3 papers
math.GT2025
Affine representations of rational and pretzel knots
Javier Martínez
We construct and study representations of rational and pretzel tangle and knot groups into the affine group , via a TQFT that is valued in the category…
math.GT2025
Representations of knot groups in and Alexander invariants
Ángel González-Prieto, Javier Martínez, Vicente Muñoz
This paper reinterprets Alexander-type invariants of knots via representation varieties of knot groups into the group of affine transformations of the…
math.GN2019
The hyperspaces
Florencio Corona-Vázquez, Russell Aarón Quiñones-Estrella, Javier Sánchez Martínez
Let be a continuum and let denote the hyperspace of subcontinua of , endowed with the Hausdorff metric. For , define the hyperspace $C(p,X)=\{A\in C(X):p\in A…