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Knots in Washington XXIV; Dedicated to the memory of Xiao-Song Lin
April 13-15, 2007
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU and UMD), Yongwu Rong (GWU), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU)

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Skein modules and their ramifications
by
Uwe Kaiser
Boise State University

I will give a survey of the theory of skein modules and skein algebras focusing on:

1. historical origins, and the idea of algebraic topology based on knots,

2. problems of calculation, general principles and viewpoints, and sample results,

3. the role of skein modules and algebras within quantum topology (representation theory, TQFT)

Date received: March 30, 2007

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