MAT 280: Algebraic and geometric aspects of Demazure weaves

Fall Quarter 2026

University of California Davis
Department of Mathematics


This is the website for the course MAT280 at the Department of Mathematics at UC Davis. The course will have Lecture Notes available on Canvas. The goal of the course is to develop the ability to work with braid varieties and cluster structures, both from a diagrammatic viewpoint and a geometric one. The course will first focus on the algebraic and combinatorial aspects, and gear towards contact and symplectic topology during the second part.