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JOINT MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM


Categorification at a prime root of unity.

Mikhail Khovanov

Columbia University
 

Brandeis University

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Talk at 4:30 p.m. in 317 Goldsmith Hall

Tea at 4:00 p.m. in 100 Goldsmith Hall


 

Abstract: Upon categorification quantum parameter q, at its generic values, becomes a grading shift. We discuss what happens when q is a root of unity.


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