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Categorification in Topology
Student-Run Geometry/Topology Seminar| Speaker: | Rohit Thomas, UC Davis |
| Location: | 2112 MSB |
| Start time: | Tue, Mar 30 2010, 12:10PM |
Categorification is the process of promoting set-theoretic information to category-theoretic information. This talk will be an introduction to the what, why, and how of categorification in a topological context. We will focus on a classical example (simplicial homology) and a modern example (Khovanov homology).