Quantum Topology / Hopf Algebra Seminar
Aaron Kaestner
UIC
Calculating a Categorification of the Arrow Polynomial
Abstract: Dye, Kauffman and Manturov study a categorication of the
arrow polynomial invariant of virtual knots and links in:
arXiv:0906.3408
"On two categorifications of the arrow polynomial for virtual knots".
This talk will discuss the operation of a computer program to calculate
this categorification. Examples will be discussed (e.g. the Kishino knot)
where the arrow categorification detects knottedness but the mod-2
Khovanov categorification (for virtual knots) does not.
Thursday October 1, 2009 at 3:00 PM in SEO 512