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Main Authors: Gukov, Sergei, Halverson, James, Manolescu, Ciprian, Ruehle, Fabian
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09304
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author Gukov, Sergei
Halverson, James
Manolescu, Ciprian
Ruehle, Fabian
author_facet Gukov, Sergei
Halverson, James
Manolescu, Ciprian
Ruehle, Fabian
contents We apply Bayesian optimization and reinforcement learning to a problem in topology: the question of when a knot bounds a ribbon disk. This question is relevant in an approach to disproving the four-dimensional smooth Poincaré conjecture; using our programs, we rule out many potential counterexamples to the conjecture. We also show that the programs are successful in detecting many ribbon knots in the range of up to 70 crossings.
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spellingShingle Searching for ribbons with machine learning
Gukov, Sergei
Halverson, James
Manolescu, Ciprian
Ruehle, Fabian
Geometric Topology
Machine Learning
57K10 (Primary), 57K40, 68T99 (Secondary)
We apply Bayesian optimization and reinforcement learning to a problem in topology: the question of when a knot bounds a ribbon disk. This question is relevant in an approach to disproving the four-dimensional smooth Poincaré conjecture; using our programs, we rule out many potential counterexamples to the conjecture. We also show that the programs are successful in detecting many ribbon knots in the range of up to 70 crossings.
title Searching for ribbons with machine learning
topic Geometric Topology
Machine Learning
57K10 (Primary), 57K40, 68T99 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09304