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Knots in Washington XXXII, Categorification of Knots, Algebras, and Quandles; Quantum Computing
April 29 - May 1, 2011
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Valentina Harizanov (GWU), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU, NSF), Radmila Sazdanovic (U.Penn), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), Hao Wu (GWU)

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Categorification of quantum groups
by
Mikhail Khovanov
Department of mathematics, Columbia University

The NilHecke algebra and its friends will be introduced and their importance for categorification of quantum groups explained.

Date received: April 11, 2011

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