For Fall 2026 – Spring 2027, the Mathematics Colloquium of the Claremont Colleges will be held every Wednesday, 4:15-5:30pm. For more information or to suggest speakers, please contact the colloquium chairs Robert Cass (Robert.Cass@claremontmckenna.edu) and Qidi Peng (Qidi.Peng@cgu.edu)
Colloquium talks will be held in Burkle 16 (1021 N. Dartmouth Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States) at Claremont Graduate University.
Past Colloquium Chairs:
2025 – 2026: Sam Nelson & Bahar Acu (Fall ’25) / Christina Edholm (Spring ’26)
2023 – 2025: Bahar Acu & Edray Goins
2022 – 2023: Edray Goins & Christina Edholm (Fall ’22) / Allon Percus (Spring ’23)
2021 – 2022: Andrew Bernoff & Christina Edholm
2020 – 2021: Andrew Bernoff & Helen Wong
Abstract: Stable Khovanov homology Kh(T(n, \infty)) is an algebraic limit of the Khovanov homology groups of torus links T(n, k) on a fixed number of strands n, when more and more full twists are added as k \to \infty. Stable Khovanov homology is intimately related to the Jones polynomial because it categorifies the Jones-Wenzl projector, […]
