On Wednesday 27 July 2022 I gave a talk at MATRIX, as part of the PhD Student Symposium: Graduate Talks in Geometry and Topology Get-Together, also known as (GT)^3.
Title:
Invitation to quantum topology
Abstract:
Over the last few decades there has been an explosion of developments in topology that, for lack of a better word, are “quantum” in nature. The relationship of this mathematics with physics is complex and wonderful. Ideas in this field include knots and links, topological quantum field theory, Khovanov homology, quantum groups, categorification, and many others. I’ll try to give an introduction to some of the ideas of this extraordinary subject.
Invitation to Quantum Topology, MATRIX GT3 July 2022