Quantum Topology / Hopf Algebra Seminar
Louis H Kauffman
UIC
An Introduction to Khovanov Homology
Abstract: We show how to formulate the Kauffman bracket polynomial so that it is a graded Euler characteristic of a homology
theory that is constructed in relation to an unoriented link diagram. This theory is Khovanov homology. The
homology is a form of homology of a cube category with an associated functor to a category of Frobenius algebras.
The functor is constructed via the link diagram.
Thursday March 14, 2019 at 3:00 PM in 612 SEO