Khovanov Homology and Slice Genus
- Series
- SIAM Student Seminar
- Time
- Friday, April 22, 2011 - 13:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
- Location
- Skiles 246
- Speaker
- Amey Kaloti – School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech
Please Note: Hosted also by Ben Webb
We will try to define what Khovanov homology for a link in a S^3 is. We
will then try to give a proof figuring out unknotting number of certain kinds of
knots in S^3.