Braid and Knot Theory

Series
Geometry Topology Student Seminar
Time
Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 12:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 005
Speaker
Sudipta Kolay – Georgia Tech
Organizer
Sudipta Kolay
Braid and knot theory in 3-dimensional Euclidean space are related by classical theorems of Alexander and Markov. We will talk about closed braids in higher dimensions, and generalizations of Alexander's theorem.