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Super extended TQFTs and odd Khovanov homologyMPIM

Name: Super extended TQFTs and odd Khovanov homology
Start: 2025-12-03T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-03T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

by Léo Schelstraete (MPIM)

Wednesday Dec 3, 2025, 2:00 PM → 4:00 PM Europe/Berlin

MPIM, Vivatsgasse, 7 - Seminar Room (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics)

MPIM, Vivatsgasse, 7 - Seminar Room

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

Description

Working group on odd Khovanov homology

In this talk, I will explain how to construct odd Khovanov homology via a certain "extended-TQFT-like" construction, using defects and super structures. This gives a novel viewpoint on odd Khovanov homology, and an extension to tangles.