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href='/nlab/show/diff/Reidemeister+move'>Reidemeister move</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Examples/classes:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/trefoil+knot'>trefoil knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/torus+knot'>torus knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/singular+knot'>singular knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/hyperbolic+link'>hyperbolic knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Borromean+link'>Borromean link</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Whitehead+link'>Whitehead link</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Hopf+link'>Hopf link</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Types</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/prime+knot'>prime knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/mutant+knot'>mutant knot</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot+invariant'>knot invariants</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/crossing+number'>crossing number</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/bridge+number'>bridge number</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/unknotting+number'>unknotting number</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/colorable+knot'>colorability</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot+group'>knot group</a></p> </li> <li> <p><span class='newWikiWord'>knot genus<a href='/nlab/new/knot+genus'>?</a></span></p> </li> <li> <p>polynomial knot invariants</p> <p>(<a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/quantum+observable'>observables</a> of <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/non-perturbative+quantum+field+theory'>non-perturbative</a> <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Chern-Simons+theory'>Chern-Simons theory</a>)</p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Jones+polynomial'>Jones polynomial</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/HOMFLY-PT+polynomial'>HOMFLY polynomial</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Alexander+polynomial'>Alexander polynomial</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Reshetikhin-Turaev+construction'>Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Vassiliev+invariant'>Vassiliev knot invariants</a></p> <p>(<a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/quantum+observable'>observables</a> of <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/perturbative+quantum+field+theory'>pertrubative</a> <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Chern-Simons+theory'>Chern-Simons theory</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Khovanov+homology'>Khovanov homology</a></p> </li> <li> <p><span class='newWikiWord'>Kauffman bracket<a href='/nlab/new/Kauffman+bracket'>?</a></span></p> </li> </ul> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/link+invariant'>link invariants</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Milnor+mu-bar+invariant'>Milnor mu-bar invariants</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/linking+number'>linking number</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Related concepts:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Vassiliev+skein+relation'>Vassiliev skein relation</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Seifert+surface'>Seifert surface</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/virtual+knot+theory'>virtual knot theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Dehn+surgery'>Dehn surgery</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Kirby+calculus'>Kirby calculus</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/volume+conjecture'>volume conjecture</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/arithmetic+topology'>arithmetic topology</a></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></ins> <del class='diffdel'><h4 id='knot_theory'>Knot theory</h4></del><del class='diffdel'> </del><del class='diffdel'><div class='hide'> <p><strong><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot'>knot theory</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot'>knot</a></strong>, <strong><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/link'>link</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/isotopy'>isotopy</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot+complement'>knot complement</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/link+diagram'>knot diagrams</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/chord+diagram'>chord diagram</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Reidemeister+move'>Reidemeister move</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Examples/classes:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/trefoil+knot'>trefoil knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/torus+knot'>torus knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/singular+knot'>singular knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/hyperbolic+link'>hyperbolic knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Borromean+link'>Borromean link</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Whitehead+link'>Whitehead link</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Hopf+link'>Hopf link</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Types</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/prime+knot'>prime knot</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/mutant+knot'>mutant knot</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot+invariant'>knot invariants</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/crossing+number'>crossing number</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/bridge+number'>bridge number</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/unknotting+number'>unknotting number</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/colorable+knot'>colorability</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot+group'>knot group</a></p> </li> <li> <p><span class='newWikiWord'>knot genus<a href='/nlab/new/knot+genus'>?</a></span></p> </li> <li> <p>polynomial knot invariants</p> <p>(<a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/quantum+observable'>observables</a> of <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/non-perturbative+quantum+field+theory'>non-perturbative</a> <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Chern-Simons+theory'>Chern-Simons theory</a>)</p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Jones+polynomial'>Jones polynomial</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/HOMFLY-PT+polynomial'>HOMFLY polynomial</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Alexander+polynomial'>Alexander polynomial</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Reshetikhin-Turaev+construction'>Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Vassiliev+invariant'>Vassiliev knot invariants</a></p> <p>(<a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/quantum+observable'>observables</a> of <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/perturbative+quantum+field+theory'>pertrubative</a> <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Chern-Simons+theory'>Chern-Simons theory</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Khovanov+homology'>Khovanov homology</a></p> </li> <li> <p><span class='newWikiWord'>Kauffman bracket<a href='/nlab/new/Kauffman+bracket'>?</a></span></p> </li> </ul> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/link+invariant'>link invariants</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Milnor+mu-bar+invariant'>Milnor mu-bar invariants</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/linking+number'>linking number</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Related concepts:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Vassiliev+skein+relation'>Vassiliev skein relation</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Seifert+surface'>Seifert surface</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/virtual+knot+theory'>virtual knot theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Dehn+surgery'>Dehn surgery</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Kirby+calculus'>Kirby calculus</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/volume+conjecture'>volume conjecture</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/arithmetic+topology'>arithmetic topology</a></p> </li> </ul> </div></del><del class='diffdel'> </del><del class='diffdel'><h1 id=''>=–</h1></del><del class='diffdel'> </del><h1 id='contents'>Contents</h1> <div class='maruku_toc'><ul><li><a href='#context'><span><del class='diffmod'> Context</del><ins class='diffmod'> Idea</ins></span></a><del class='diffdel'><ul><li><a href='#knot_theory'>Knot theory</a></li></ul></del></li><li><a href='#'><span><del class='diffmod'> =–</del><ins class='diffmod'> Definition</ins></span></a></li><li><a href='#contents'><span><del class='diffmod'> Contents</del><ins class='diffmod'> References</ins></span></a><del class='diffdel'><ul><li><a href='#idea'>Idea</a></li><li><a href='#definition'>Definition</a></li><li><a href='#references'>References</a></li></ul></del></li></ul></div> <h2 id='idea'>Idea</h2> <p><span><del class='diffmod'> The</del><ins class='diffmod'> In</ins><del class='diffdel'> known</del><del class='diffdel'> problem</del><del class='diffdel'> of</del></span><del class='diffmod'><span class='newWikiWord'>unwinding<a href='/nlab/new/unwinding'>?</a></span></del><ins class='diffmod'><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot'>knot theory</a></ins><span><del class='diffmod'> </del><ins class='diffmod'> ,</ins><del class='diffdel'> knots</del><del class='diffdel'> gives</del><del class='diffdel'> rise</del><del class='diffdel'> to</del> the<del class='diffmod'> factorization</del><ins class='diffmod'> known</ins><ins class='diffins'> problem</ins> of<del class='diffdel'> knots</del><del class='diffdel'> generated</del><del class='diffdel'> by</del><del class='diffdel'> composing</del></span><ins class='diffins'><span class='newWikiWord'>unwinding<a href='/nlab/new/unwinding+knots'>?</a></span></ins><ins class='diffins'> </ins><ins class='diffins'><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot'>knots</a></ins><ins class='diffins'> gives rise to the factorization of knots generated by composing </ins><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/prime+knot'>prime knots</a> and their <strong>mutants</strong>. The computational process of computing <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot+invariant'>knot invariants</a>, namely the polynomials describing these <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/invariant'>invariants</a><span> , has been postulated as a basis for “attacks” in<del class='diffdel'> quantum</del><del class='diffdel'> cryptography.</del><del class='diffdel'> Classes</del><del class='diffdel'> of</del><del class='diffdel'> knots</del><del class='diffdel'> called</del></span><ins class='diffins'><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/quantum+cryptography'>quantum cryptography</a></ins><ins class='diffins'>. Classes of knots called </ins><em>mutants</em> would hinder these attacks and remain undetected by a <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/quantum+computation'>quantum computer</a>, at their present maturity. The <em>mutants</em> of a given <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/knot'>knot</a> are indistinguishable since they all have the same Jones’ type <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/invariant'>invariants</a>. <em>Mutants</em> also appear in the field-theoretic framework manifest in the expectation values of <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Wilson+loop'>Wilson loop operators</a>.</p> <h2 id='definition'>Definition</h2> <p><span> Beginning with the<del class='diffdel'> tangle</del><del class='diffdel'> representation</del><del class='diffdel'> of</del><del class='diffdel'> an</del></span><ins class='diffins'><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/tangle'>tangle</a></ins><ins class='diffins'> representation of an </ins><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/oriented+link'>oriented knot</a> <math class='maruku-mathml' display='inline' id='mathml_227a868158708dd3e2e134f9a04505d89e6a6e21_1' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><semantics><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><annotation encoding='application/x-tex'>K</annotation></semantics></math>, one can obtain a <strong>mutant</strong> <math class='maruku-mathml' display='inline' id='mathml_227a868158708dd3e2e134f9a04505d89e6a6e21_2' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><semantics><mrow><mi>K</mi><mo>′</mo></mrow><annotation encoding='application/x-tex'>K'</annotation></semantics></math> by replacing one of the <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/tangle'>tangle</a>s with a rotated version of the former tangle. It is important to note that the process of mutation can be executed on various subsets of the same <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/link+diagram'>knot diagram</a> containing at least one <span class='newWikiWord'>crossing<a href='/nlab/new/crossing'>?</a></span>.</p> <h2 id='references'>References</h2> <ul> <li>Marzuoli and Palumbo, <em>Post Quantum Cryptography from Mutant Prime Knots</em>, 2011, Int. J. Geom. Methods Mod. Phys. (<a href='http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.2055'>arXiv: 1010.2055/math-ph</a>)</li> </ul><ins class='diffins'> </ins><ins class='diffins'><p> </p></ins> </div> <div class="revisedby"> <p> Last revised on January 26, 2021 at 04:55:44. 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