Khovanov Homology and Slice Genus

Series
SIAM Student Seminar
Time
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 1:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 246
Speaker
Amey Kaloti – School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech
Organizer
Maria Reguera Rodriguez

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.