We especially welcome all undergraduates and graduate students to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Sierra Knavel (Georgia Tech) Title: Betti Numbers and Indecomposability of Genus-2 Lefschetz Fibrations Abstract: Symplectic 4-manifolds, smooth 4-manifolds equipped with a closed, nondegenerate 2-form, arise naturally in classical mechanics and have become central objects of study in topology. Following foundational work by […]
We especially welcome all undergraduates and graduate students to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Sam Nelson (Claremont McKenna College) Title: Virtual Biquandle Cocycle Quiver Representations Abstract: We construct a quiver representation valued invariant of virtual knots and links using virtual biquandle homology.
We especially welcome all undergraduates and graduate students to attend topology seminar! Speaker: David Bachman (Pitzer College) Title: Learning optimal knot projections Abstract: We use techniques from Reinforcement Learning to […]
We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Puttipong Pongtanapaisan (Pitzer College) Title: Special Positions of Shapes in Four-Dimensional Space Abstract: I will begin by convincing you that four-dimensional space is more familiar than it might first appear. Then, I will introduce ways in which mathematicians study objects in 4-space. Each […]
We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Robert Cass (Claremont McKenna College) Title: Schubert varieties are splinters Abstract: Schubert varieties are among the most well-studied […]
We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Chris Grossack (UC Riverside) Title: Explicitly Computing Fukaya Categories of Surfaces Abstract: Fukaya categories are rich and interesting […]
We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Indraneel Tambe (UCLA) Title: Steinberg skein relations at roots of unity Abstract: This talk discusses some of the […]
Topology, akin to geometry, delves into the study of the shapes and structures of mathematical spaces, ranging from simple surfaces to intricate collections of functions and objects. In recent years, […]
