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New Journal: Quantum Topology
The European Math Society Publishing House (a non-profit publishing company which also publishes the Journal of the EMS, CMH, and half a dozen other journals) just announced a new journal: Quantum Top… more →
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New Journal: Quantum Topology
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Noah Snyder wrote 6 months ago: The European Math Society Publishing House (a non-profit publishing company which also publishes the … more →
Extended Haagerup Exists!
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Scott Morrison wrote 9 months ago: Following on from Noah’s post about the great Modular Categories conference last weekend in Bl … more →
SF&PA: Subfactors = finite dimensional simple algebras
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Noah Snyder wrote 9 months ago: Since my next post on Scott’s talk concerns the construction of a new subfactor, I wanted to g … more →
TQFTs via Planar Algebras (Part 3)
Chris Schommer-Pries wrote 1 year ago: This is the third and final post in my series about using planar algebras to construct TQFTs. In the … more →
TQFTs via Planar Algebras (Part 2)
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Chris Schommer-Pries wrote 1 year ago: In my last post I explained a strategy for using n-dimensional algebraic objects to construct (n+1)- … more →
TQFTs via Planar Algebras
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Chris Schommer-Pries wrote 1 year ago: So today I am giving a talk in the Subfactor seminar here at Berkeley, and I thought it might by nic … more →
Two fun problems
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Noah Snyder wrote 1 year ago: One of the points of this blog is for us to share the little problems we’d be discussing at te … more →
Bleg: testing algebraic integrality by computer.
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Noah Snyder wrote 1 year ago: Update 2: we’ve found a nice answer to our question. Maybe it will appear in the comments soon … more →
SF&PA: Temperley-Lieb as a planar algebra
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emilypeters wrote 1 year ago: Last week I talked about the Temperley-Lieb algebra – the algebra of boxes with n top points c … more →
SF&PA: One more example
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Noah Snyder wrote 1 year ago: Sorry for the delay, Scott’s been in town and so I’ve been too busy doing actual researc … more →
SF&PA - the Temperley-Lieb algebra
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emilypeters wrote 1 year ago: Hi all, First, I’d like to thank the organizers for inviting me to post on their blog, and apo … more →
SF&PA: An example
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Noah Snyder wrote 1 year ago: Alright, let’s try to build a bi-oidal category with a good theory of duals. The dumbest possi … more →
SF&PA: What is a Subfactor?
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Noah Snyder wrote 1 year ago: By a subfactor I will mean a pair of rings A < B, such that (and I apologize in advance if I mess … more →
SF&PA: How complicated are groups?
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Noah Snyder wrote 1 year ago: One more warmup post before I get to actual Subfactors. If you were asked to rank finite groups in o … more →
Subfactors and Planar Algebras: Galois Theory
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Noah Snyder wrote 1 year ago: Suppose you were to run across two fields K < L. In a blatant attempt at foreshadowing instead of … more →
Subfactors and Planar Algebras: The Series
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Noah Snyder wrote 1 year ago: This is the first post in a many part series of posts on Subfactors and Planar Algebras. The study o … more →
