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Knots in Washington XXVII; 3rd Japan-USA Workshop in Knot Theory
January 9-11, 2009
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Yoshiyuki Ohyama (TWCU), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), Kouki Taniyama (Waseda and GWU), Tatsuya Tsukamoto (Osaka IT), Hao Wu (GWU), Akira Yasuhara (Tokyo GU)

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Grid Diagrams, Jones Polynomial and Khovanov Homology
by
Emmanuel Wagner
University of Aarhus
Coauthors: Jean-Marie Droz

Starting from a grid diagram of an oriented link, we will explain how to obtain the Jones polynomial of this link. We will also explore connections of this model with categorifications of the Jones polynomial.

Date received: November 25, 2008

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