Quantum Topology Seminar - Spring 2021
Usually meets Thursday at 12:00 pm in Zoom.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
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January 14
(4:00 pm; Zoom)
|
Louis H Kauffman
UIC |
Invariants of Flat Virtual Knots and Links |
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January 21
(1:00 pm; Zoom)
|
Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga
German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
TOPOLOGY CHANGE AND EXOTIC 4-MANIFOLDS |
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January 28
(1:00 pm; Zoom)
|
Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga
German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
From 4-manifolds to operator algebras: wild embeddings and quantization |
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February 4
(1:00 pm; Zoom)
|
Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga
German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
Foliations of 4-manifolds and hyperbolic geometry |
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February 11
|
Jonathan Schneider
|
Realistic Crossing Data for Curves in the Plane |
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February 18
|
Jonathan Schneider
|
Realistic Crossing Data for Curves in the Plane |
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February 25
|
Louis H Kauffman
UIC, NSU |
Searching for a Quantum Algorithm for Khovanov Homology |
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March 4
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March 11
(2:00 pm; Zoom)
|
Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga
German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
A topological interpretation of the Bilson-Thompson model: 3-braids, particles and branched covers of knot complements. |
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March 18
(4:00 pm; Zoom)
|
Eiji Ogasa
Meijigakuin University, Computer Science, Japan |
An elementary introduction to Khovanov-Lipshitz-Sarkar stable homotopy type |
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March 25
|
Nima Dehmamy
Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI), the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems ( |
Using knot theory and topology to understand rough energy landscapes |
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April 1
|
Nima Dehmamy
Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI), the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems |
Using knot theory and topology to understand rough energy landscapes |
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April 8
(4:00 pm; Zoom)
|
Eiji Ogasa
Meijigakuin University, Computer Science, Japan |
Easy examples of construction of Khovanov-Lipshitz-Sarkar stable homotopy types |
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April 15
|
Louis H Kauffman
UIC, NSU |
Entanglement Topology and Tensor Networks |
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April 22
|
Louis H Kauffman
UIC |
ER=EPR |
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April 29
|
Louis H Kauffman
UIC |
ER=EPR |
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May 6
|
Louis H Kauffman
UIC |
ER=EPR |
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May 13
|
Louis H Kauffman
UIC |
Marker States, Jordan Euler Trails and Invariants of Knots and Knotoids |
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May 27
|
Scott Carter
Professor Emeritus at the University of South Alabama. |
From knotted graphs to foams, exchangers, abstract tensors, and sh-algebra cocycles. |