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Knots in Washington XXXIV; Categorification of Knots, Quantum Invariants and Quantum Computing
March 14-16, 2012
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Valentina Harizanov (GWU),Mark Kidwell (U.S. Naval Academy and GWU), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU), Radmila Sazdanovic (U.Penn), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), Hao Wu (GWU)

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Generalized Hecke Algebras with Applications to Knot Theory.
by
Ben Cooper
University of Virginia

(Work in preparation). Hecke algebras have been closely tied to invariants of knots and links since the foundational work

of Jones. I will describe new, geometrically defined, families of these algebras and explain how they can be used to enrich

the story surrounding quantum invariants.

Date received: February 28, 2012

Copyright © 2012 by the author(s). The author(s) of this work and the organizers of the conference have granted their consent to include this abstract in Topology Atlas. Document # cbek-05.