- Series
- Geometry Topology Seminar
- Time
- Friday, April 22, 2011 - 2:05pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
- Location
- Skiles 269
- Speaker
- C. Armond – Louisiana State University
- Organizer
- Thang Le
In this talk I will describe how the quantum determinant modelof the Colored Jones polynomial, developed by Vu Huynh and Thang Le can beinterpreted in a combinatorial way as walks along a braid. Thisinterpretation can then be used to prove that the leading coefficients ofthe colored Jones polynomial stabalize, defining two power series calledthe head and the tail. I will also show examples where the head and tailcan be calculated explicitly and have applications in number theory.