String Theory Seminars

Current status on polynomial invariants of knots- attempt towards classification (Quantum Spacetime Seminar Series)

by Prof. P. Ramadevi (IIT, Bombay)

Monday, October 30, 2017 from to (Asia/Kolkata)
at A 304
Description
I will describe the methodology of obtaining knot invariants from Chern Simons field theory after reviewing well-known knot polynomials. One of the challenging open problem is the classification of knots. To check the power of Chern-Simons field theoretic invariants, we investigate mutant knot pairs which are indistinguishable by well-known polynomials. Finally, I will review the developments providing justification for integer coefficients of 
the Laurent form of knot polynomials.
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