Location: Columbia University
Time: Tuesdays 2:00
Lecture 1 (JS): Overview
6/18, 2:00
We will sketch the definition of the skein lasagna and summarize the main results in the literature.
Lecture 2 (MK): Foam evaluation
6/25, 2:00, Room: 507
We will review sl(3) foam evaluation. See https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0304375
Notes below transcribed by You Qi.
Lecture 3 (MK): The Rasmussen invariant
7/2, 2:00, Room: 507
We will study the Rasmussen invariant and its applications. See https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0402131
Notes below transcribed by You Qi.
Lecture 4 (RA): Sweeparound move
7/9, 2:00
We will cover sections 1-3 of https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.12194
Lecture 5 (RA): Sweeparound move II
7/16, 2:00
We will continue covering sections 1-3 of https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.12194
Lecture 6 (CS): Definition of the skein lasagna
7/23, 2:00
We will cover sections 4-5 of https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.12194
Lecture 7 (FR): 2-handlebodies
7/30, 2:00
We will cover https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.08520
Lecture 8 (RA): Spectra
8/20, 2:00
Lecture 9 (FR): Lasagna s-invariant
8/27, 2:00
We will cover https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06600