College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Topology Seminar
Speaker:
Gage Martin
Topic:
Annular links, double branched covers, and annular Khovanov homology
Abstract:
Given a link in the thickened annulus, you can construct an associated link in a closed 3-manifold through a double branched cover construction. In this talk we will see that perspective on annular links can be applied to show annular Khovanov homology detects certain braid closures. Unfortunately, this construction does not capture all information about annular links. We will see a shortcoming of this perspective inspired by the wrapping conjecture of Hoste-Przytycki. This is partially joint work with Fraser Binns.
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Event Date:
November 18, 2021 - 2:30pm
Location:
Online (See URL)
Calendar Category:
Seminar
Seminar Category:
Geometry and Topology