Timeline for Utility of virtual knot theory?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:58 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Dec 2, 2010 at 3:21 | history | edited | Theo Johnson-Freyd | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Dec 2, 2010 at 3:17 | comment | added | Theo Johnson-Freyd | @Ryan: Better, I've switched the answer to CW, so that many people should feel free to add comments on Dror's work on virtual knots. In particular, I think that @Daniel Moskovich's comment is very good, so I've incorporated it into the answer. | |
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| Dec 1, 2010 at 19:51 | comment | added | Daniel Moskovich | Dror's programme, in some sense, is to turn quantum topology on its head by making algebra (Lie algebras in particular) the primary object, and topological knotted stuff the tool used to understand them. Specifying a universal finite-type invariant for KTG's is the same thing as specifying a (nice) associator. In the same sense, specifying a universal finite-type invariant for v-KTG's should really explain Etingoff-Kazhdan quantization of Lie bialgebras. This is discussed in his Montpellier talk. It's an ambitious programme, but one with every reason to succeed, IMHO. | |
| Dec 1, 2010 at 17:55 | comment | added | Ryan Budney | @Theo: could you be a little more precise? | |
| Dec 1, 2010 at 17:47 | comment | added | Jim Conant | Neat. I never noticed that section of Dror's website before! Do you happen to know which talks mention virtual knot theory? | |
| Dec 1, 2010 at 17:43 | history | answered | Theo Johnson-Freyd | CC BY-SA 2.5 |