Low-dimensional topology; especially, knots, three-dimensional manifolds, and their invariants.
Overview of the research
I am interested in various topics in low-dimensional topology including knots, three-dimensional manifolds, and their invariants. In particular, I have studied invariants obtained from quandles, and in my opinion, now it is important to seek new invariants which cannot be obtained in classical group theory by extending quandle theory. Recently, I am also interested in finite type invariants and invertibility of knots.
Research Areas
Natural sciences, Geometry
Papers
Quandle colorings vs. biquandle colorings
Katsumi Ishikawa; Kokoro Tanaka
Topology and its Applications, Mar. 2024, Peer-reviewed
Two-tone colorings and surjective dihedral representations for links
Kazuhiro Ichihara; Katsumi Ishikawa; Eri Matsudo; Masaaki Suzuki
Osaka Journal of Mathematics (accepted), 23 Apr. 2024, Peer-reviewed
Minimal coloring numbers on minimal diagrams of torus links
Kazuhiro Ichihara; Katsumi Ishikawa; Eri Matsudo
Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, Jul. 2020, Peer-reviewed
Knot quandles vs. knot biquandles
Katsumi Ishikawa
International Journal of Mathematics, Feb. 2020, Peer-reviewed
Alternating knots with polynomials having unexpected zeros
Hirasawa Mikami; Ishikawa Katsumi; Suzuki Masaaki
Topology Appl., Feb. 2019, Peer-reviewed
Hoste's conjecture for the 2-bridge knots
Ishikawa Katsumi
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., Jan. 2019, Peer-reviewed
Quandle coloring conditions and zeros of the Alexander polynomials of Montesinos links
Ishikawa Katsumi
J. Knot Theory Ramifications, Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed
Misc.
Quandle cocycle invariants of cabled surface knots (Intelligence of Low-dimensional Topology)