SMS scnews item created by Boris Lishak at Thu 12 Sep 2019 1519
Type: Seminar
Distribution: World
Calendar1: 16 Sep 2019 1200-1300
CalLoc1: Carslaw 273
CalTitle1: Bar-Natan -- Algebraic Knot Theory
Auth: borisl@dora.maths.usyd.edu.au

Geometry and Topology Seminar

Algebraic Knot Theory

Dror Bar-Natan (Toronto)

September 16, 12:00-13:00 in Carslaw 273

Seminar schedule

Please join us for lunch after the talk.

Abstract: This will be a very "light" talk: I will explain why about 13 years ago, in order to have a say on some problems in knot theory, I've set out to find tangle invariants with some nice compositional properties. In later talks in different seminars here in Sydney I will explain how such invariants were found - though they are yet to be explored and utilized.