Conference on Low-Dimensional Topology

这个奖项为1998年3月14-15日在哥伦比亚大学和巴纳德学院举行的为期两天的低维拓扑学会议提供了部分支持。具体关注的领域是：通过编织表示的结理论，量子和有限型结不变量，以及映射类群的研究，因为它属于3流形分类，并且与映射类群和编织群的上同调之间的类比有关。受邀演讲嘉宾包括Colin Adams、Robert Ghrist、Vaughan Jones、林晓松、William Menasco、Jozef Przytycki和Caroline Series。会议概述了在过去15年中取得巨大进展的领域的大致轮廓，其中一些已经在DNA和长聚合物的研究中得到了应用。它还探讨了该领域未来的研究方向。＊＊＊

9714890 Friedman This award provides partial support for a two-day conference in low-dimensional topology at Columbia University and Barnard College on March 14-15, 1998. Specific areas of concern are: knot theory via braid representations, quantum and finite type knot invariants, and the study of the mapping class group, both as it pertains to 3- manifold classification and in connection with the analogies between the cohomology of the mapping class group and the braid group. The invited speakers include Colin Adams, Robert Ghrist, Vaughan Jones, Xiao-Song Lin, William Menasco, Jozef Przytycki, and Caroline Series. The conference surveys the broad outlines of a field that has seen dramatic progress over the last fifteen years, some of which have already found application in the study of DNA and long polymers. It also explores future directions for research in the field. ***