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Laver's results and low-dimensional topology
In connection with his interest in selfdistributive algebra, Richard Laver
established two deep results with potential applications in low-dimensional
topology, namely the existence of what is now known as the Laver tables and the
well-foundedness of the standard ordering of positive braids. Here we present
these results and discuss the way they could be used in topological
applications
Rational Dyck Paths in the Non Relatively Prime Case
We study the relationship between rational slope Dyck paths and invariant
subsets of extending the work of the first two authors in the
relatively prime case. We also find a bijection between --Dyck paths
and -tuples of -Dyck paths endowed with certain gluing data. These
are the first steps towards understanding the relationship between rational
slope Catalan combinatorics and the geometry of affine Springer fibers and knot
invariants in the non relatively prime case.Comment: 25 pages, 9 figure
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