Knots in Washington

Knots in Washington is an international conference on knot theory and its ramifications held once or twice per year since 1995. The main organizers are Józef Przytycki and Yongwu Rong, both at George Washington University.[1]

This conference has become an important topological event in the Washington Metropolitan Area and regularly attracts participation of many well known topologists from other areas of the US and from other countries. For example, Knots in Washington XVIII, held in May 2004, was the first conference fully devoted to the Khovanov homology, with Mikhail Khovanov giving a series of talks and leading experts, Dror Bar-Natan, Lev Rozansky, Oleg Viro, and Ciprian Manolescu giving plenary talks. Knots in Washington XX was dedicated to the 60th birthday of Louis H. Kauffman. Moreover, there were three major conferences, including Knots in Poland in 1995 and 2003, and Knots in Hellas in 1998 with Fields Medal winner Vaughan Jones talking about his work on knot invariants.

References

  1. ↑ Richard, Paul (March 19, 2007), "In the Loop: What Goes Around Comes Around, All Tied Up in Knots", Washington Post.

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