Organizers: Weizhe Shen and Melissa Zhang
Meetings:
We will follow Manolescu's notes as a launchpad, skipping some portions and supplementing with other references.
| Date | Speaker | Topic (approximate) | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | Melissa | Intro to Heegaard Floer homology and applications; talk scheduling | Manolescu's notes, Sections 1, 2 |
| Oct 7 | Eleanor | HFK definition I: Heegaard diagram for knot complement, Floer chain complex, relative gradings | Manolescu's notes, Sections 3.1, 3.2 |
| Oct 14 | Annette | HFK definition II: knot filtration, minus and infinity flavors; brief discussion of invariance | Manolescu's notes, Sections 3.3, 3.6 |
| Oct 21 | Stephen | Seifert surfaces, 3-ball genus, fibered knots | Rolfsen's Knots and Links |
| Nov 4 | TBD | TBD | |
| (Nov 11) | none | Veteran's Day, no seminar | |
| Nov 18 | TBD | TBD | |
| Nov 25 | TBD | TBD | |
| Dec 2 | TBD | TBD |