Topological Invariants and Quantum Algebra
Here are the notes form the talks and the topics for future talks:
Introduction and 1-dimensions (Noah)
2-dimensions via pants (Noah)
2-dimensions via triangulations (Noah)
Links, planar categories, and braided categories (Noah)
Spiders (Scott)
What is the R-matrix? (Noah)
3-dimensional invariants from Kirby calculus (Ari)
3-dimensional invariants via Hopf algebras (Alexis)