Topology Seminar

Speaker: 
Nick Connolly
Topic: 
Constellations and an Algebraic Planar Diagram Code

Abstract:
Tangles are knot theoretic structures that can be understood most generally as the building blocks of knots. They were originally introduced by Conway as a tool for describing knot diagrams. Some families of tangles are well understood while others have not yet been fully classified. In my current research, I am working to improve the theoretical description of these tangle families using graph theory. In this talk, I will build up to a graph theoretic description of non-algebraic tangle diagrams by introducing a special type of graph known as a constellation.

Event Date: 
December 12, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
217 MLH
Calendar Category: 
Seminar
Seminar Category: 
Geometry and Topology