Dates: May 21, 2014 (Wed) - May 23, 2014 (Fri)
Place: Rm 420, RIMS, Kyoto University
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Problems on Low-dimensional Topology 2014 (tentative version)
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13:20～14:10 Takuji Nakamura (Facaulty of Engineering, Osaka Electro-Communication University)
The state numbers of a knot
(slide)
14:30～15:20 Yasushi Mizusawa (Nagoya Institute of Technology), Teruhisa Kadokami (East China Normal University)
Iwasawa invariants of links
(slide)
15:40～16:30 Shinya Harada (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Hasse-Weil zeta functions of SL_2-character varieties of 3-manifolds
(slide)
10:00～10:50 Takahiro Matsushita (Graduate School of Mathematical Science, University of Tokyo)
The topologies of box complexes and the chromatic numbers of graphs
(slide)
11:10～12:00 Hwa Jeong Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
On the arc index of knots and links
(slide)
13:20～14:10 Takashi Hara (Tokyo Denki University)
Concerning actions of 3-manifold groups: from topological and arithmetic viewpoints
14:30～15:20 Hidekazu Furusho (Graduate School of Mathematics, Nagoya University)
Galois action on knots
15:40～ Problem Session
10:00～10:50 Victoria Lebed (Osaka City University / JSPS)
Knotted 3-valent graphs, branched braids, and multiplication-conjugation relations in a group
(slide)
11:10～12:00 Arnaud Mortier (Osaka City University)
Finite-type 1-cocycles of knots
13:20～14:10 Migiwa Sakurai (Ibaraki National College of Technology)
A polynomial invariant and the forbidden move of virtual knots
(slide)
14:30～15:20 Tatsuro Shimizu (RIMS, Kyoto University)
An alternative construction of Kontsevich-Kuperberg-Thurston's universal finite type invariant of homology 3-spheres
Scientific Committee:
Akio Kawauchi, Toshitake Kohno, Taizo Kanenobu, Seiichi Kamada, Tomotada Ohtsuki
Organizers:
Tomotada Ohtsuki (RIMS, Kyoto University),
Takahiro Kitayama (Department of Mathematics, Tokyo Institute of Technology)