Quantum Topology / Hopf Algebra Seminar
Louis H. Kauffman
UIC
Alexander Polynomial and the Genus of Alternating Knots
Abstract: We will show how a state sum model for the Alexander-Conway polynomial can be used to determine the genus of alternating
(and a wider class of knots called alternative) knots. This ancient theorem is of interest for understanding the much better result that
Heegaard-Floer Link Homology determines the genus of any classical knot.
Tuesday October 7, 2014 at 3:00 PM in SEO 612