Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center
July 11, 2003
Abstract: I will display one complicated picture and discuss it at length. Applying a certain 2D TQFT, we will get a homology theory whose Euler characteristic is the Jones polynomial. Not applying it, very cheaply we will get an invariant of tangles which is functorial under cobordisms and an invariant of 2-knots.
Handout: NewHandout-1.pdf.