The Strongest Genuinely Computable Knot Invariant in 2024

Speaker: 
Dror Bar Natan
Speaker Affiliation: 
University of Toronto
Speaker Link: 
https://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Talks/UBC-241004/

October 4, 2024

UBC
ESB 4133
Canada

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Abstract: 

"Gennuinely computable" means we have computed it for random knots with over 300 crossings. "Strongest" means it separates prime knots with up to 15 crossings better than the less-computable HOMFLY-PT and Khovanov homology taken together. And hey, it's also meaningful and fun.

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October 4, 2024

2:00pm to 3:00pm

UBC
ESB 4133
, , CA

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