Seminar on knot homologies
The talks take place online on Thursdays, 10:00-11:30.
Schedule:
Oct 1. Pavel: Knot polynomials. Reidemeister and Markov moves. Notes.
Oct 8. Alisa: Khovanov homology. Notes.
Oct 15. Patrick: Khovanov-Rozansky sl(n) homology. Notes.
Oct 22. Sam: Soergel bimodules. Notes.
Oct 29. Sam: HOMFLYPT knot homology. Notes.
Nov 5. Dougal: Geometric construction of the HOMFLYPT knot homology. Notes.
Nov 12. Kai: Symplectic Khovanov homology. Notes.
Nov 19. Cheuk Yu: Comparison of the symplectic and combinatorial Khovanov homology. Notes.
Nov 26. Matt: Khovanov homology via derived categories of coherent sheaves. Notes.
Dec 3. Tudor: Khovanov homology from physics. Notes.