What is new in skein modules of 3-manifolds? - Personal perspective.

Speaker(s)

Józef Przytycki

Affiliation

George Washington University

Date

Dec. 22, 2020, 4:30 p.m.

Information about the event

Zoom: 811 1192 8889, pass: proszę wpisać liczbę równą rk(H^2((S^1)^{200};Z))

Seminar

Seminar Algebraic Topology

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Skein modules of 3-manifolds have had their renaissance in the last 5 years. It is to a great extend because of interest in them by theoretical physicists, in particular Edward Witten. I will discuss Witten conjecture on the structure of the Kauffman bracket skein module of closed 3-manifolds, and a progress in the theory related to Witten conjecture.

 

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