An introduction to knot theory
Time and place
12:30–1:30 PM on Thursday, July 6th, 2023; MR 4
Joshua Sussan (Medgar Evers College)
Abstract
Knot theory plays an important role in low dimensional topology. Mathematicians from various perspectives have developed tools to tell when two knots are different. We will discuss two such invariants: the Jones polynomial and Khovanov homology.
