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Geometry and Topology Seminar (2/3)

Friday, May 29, 2026
2:00pm to 3:00pm
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Linde Hall 310
Knot complements, series invariants and Lie superalgebra
John (Yoonseok) Chae, Researcher, Mathematical Physics and Topology, UC Davis,

Inspired by the categorification program for a numerical invariant of three-manifolds, series invariants for closed manifolds and for knot complements were introduced. This in turn motivated an extension of the series invariant of the former case to Lie superalgebras. It was recently generalized to knot complements. In this talk, we review the original series invariants and introduce the recent generalization and explore its properties and examples.

For more information, please contact Math Department by phone at 626-395-4335 or by email at [email protected] or visit https://caltech.zoom.us/j/89155661233.