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