Aspects of Khovanov homology

  • Date: 10/11/2006
Lecturer(s):

Liam Watson (L'Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM))

Location: 

University of British Columbia

Topic: 

Khovanov's construction of a homology theory for knots allows us to
view the Jones polynomial as an Euler characteristic, provides a
stronger knot invariant, and is the main tool for Rasmussen's
combinatorial proof of the Milnor conjecture. In this talk I introduce
Khovanov's construction, as well as Bar-Natan's

Other Information: 

Algebraic Topology Seminar 2006

Sponsor: 

pims