3 papers
math.GT2026
Thompson's Group and Virtual Link Theory
Micah Chrisman, Louisa Liles, Melody Molander
Thompson's groups were introduced in 1965 and have since found widespread application in fields as diverse as logic, group theory, homotopy theory, and latt…
math.GT2024
Thompson's group , tangles, and link homology
Vyacheslav Krushkal, Louisa Liles, Yangxiao Luo
We extend a construction of Jones to associate -tangles with elements of Thompson's group and prove that it is asymptotically faithful as . Using this cons…
math.GT2024
Annular Links from Thompson's Group
Louisa Liles
In 2014 Jones showed how to associate links in the -sphere to elements of Thompson's group . We provide an analogue of this program for annular links and Thompson's group …