Traceless SU(2) character varieties of tangles and punctured spheres
Speaker:
Paul Kirk, Indiana University
Date and Time:
Sunday, May 8, 2016 - 11:15am to 12:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
I will describe some aspects of the topology of traceless SU(3) character varieties of knots, tangles, and punctured 2-spheres and the relationship to singular instanton homology. (Joint work with Hedden and Herald).
