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Friday, February 21, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Linde Hall 187

Geometry and Topology Seminar

Knot Detection Results in RP^3
Hongjian Yang, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,

Following Kronheimer and Mrowka's approach, we prove thta Khovanov homology detects the unknot and the standard RP^1 in RP^3. I'll explain the idea of the proof. Time permitting, I'll discuss some further detection results.

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