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31 May 2019 to 1 June 2019
UBC
US/Pacific timezone

An Introduction to Knot Theory from String Theory

31 May 2019, 14:30
30m
Hennings 318 (UBC)

Hennings 318

UBC

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Speaker

Prof. Keshav Dasgupta (McGill University)

Description

In this talk I'll summarize some of the recent developments in both computing and understanding knot polynomials using certain brane constructions from string theory. The talk will be pedagogical and accessible to physicists with minimal knowledge of string theory.

Primary author

Prof. Keshav Dasgupta (McGill University)

Co-authors

Prof. Radu Tatar (University of Liverpool) Prof. Ramadevi Pichai (Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai) Dr Veronica Errasti-Diez (DESY)

Presentation materials