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2001-2006 Site News

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October 11, 2006: Added Classes: 1994-95: Math 273b Notes.
September 15, 2006: Robert Barrington Leigh added to Students.
September 10, 2006: Handout added to Talks: Uppsala-0609.
August 30, 2006: Classes: 2006-07: Math 240 - Algebra 1 and Classes: 2006-07: Math 1350 - Algebraic Knot Theory launched.
August 15, 2006: Talks: UofT-0608 added.
August 10, 2006: Talks: Uppsala-0609 added.
August 1, 2006: New program: The Manolescu-Ozsvath-Sarkar Complex.
June 21, 2006: New paper: The Karoubi Envelope and Lee's Degeneration of Khovanov Homology.
June 14, 2006: Talks: Istanbul-0606 updated.
June 13, 2006: New paper: Fast Khovanov Homology Computations.
June 8, 2006: Talks: Istanbul-0606 added.
April 10, 2005: Updated my curriculum vitae.
March 26, 2006: My Wiki is now linked to my home page.
March 20, 2006: Added an essay, "Mutation Invariance of Khovanov Homology".
January 19, 2006: Talks: Iowa-060120 added.
December 30, 2005: Talks: HUJI-060101 added.
December 13, 2005: My teaching philosophy for 2005 (PDF) is online.
November 21, 2005: My research statement for 2005 (PDF) is online.
October 20, 2005: Talks: GaTech-051021 updated.
October 14, 2005: Talks: GaTech-051021 added.
October 13, 2005: Talks: UofT-051014 added.
October 12, 2005: Dan Carney added to Students.
October 11, 2005: Jana Archibald added to Students.
October 11, 2005: Updated my curriculum vitae.
October 10, 2005: Updated the paper Finite Type Invariants.
October 10, 2005: Siddarth Sankaran added to Students.
October 9, 2005: Jeremy Green and Gad Naot updated on Students.
September 29, 2005: Talks: UQAM-051001 added.
September 12, 2005: Classes: 2005-06: Topology is now a wiki!
September 1, 2005: The Knot Atlas is now a wiki!
June 30, 2005: VasBib is frozen at 576 items.
June 27, 2005: The Knot Atlas now supports DT (Dowker-Thistlethwaite) Codes.
June 27, 2005: Emily Redelmeier added to Students.
June 13, 2005: Talks: Oberwolfach-0506 added.
June 7, 2005: New handouts on Talks: Utah-0506.
May 27, 2005: Copyleft Notice added.
May 20, 2005: The Knot Atlas updated: shows version dates and supports connected sums of knots.
May 17, 2005: Talks: Utah-0506 added.
May 13, 2005: Classes: 2005-06: Topology created.
May 12, 2005: Classes: 2004-05: Math 157 - Analysis I and Classes: 2004-05: Topology completed.
April 4, 2005: Talks: Amsterdam-050418 added.
April 1, 2005: Home is now a 3x3 grid.
March 29, 2005: Notice of Retirement added to the Bibliography of Vassiliev Invariants.
March 25, 2005: The Knot Atlas updated: has the Khovanov homology of torus knots and the program that computed it, and a few invariants taken from Livington.
March 10, 2005: Hadnouts added to Talks: UIUC-050311.
March 4, 2005: Talks: LSU-0504 added.
March 3, 2005: Talks: UIUC-050311 added.
February 15, 2005: Talks: Machines: GiftedConference-050215 added.
February 14, 2005: Talks: GWU-050213 added.
January 19, 2005: Talks: Machines: MASSU-050119 updated.
January 17, 2005: Talks: Machines: MASSU-050119 added.
January 12, 2005: References and self-references added to Talks: UofT-GS-050113.
January 5, 2005: Talks: UofT-GS-050113 added.
December 28, 2004: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
December 17, 2004: Added Odds, Ends, Unfinished: Some Khovanov-Rozansky Computations.
December 15, 2004: The Knot Atlas now knows about the Kauffman polynomial.
December 3, 2004: Talks: UofT-041208 added.
November 24, 2004: Classes: 2004-05: Math 1300Y - Topology: Homework Assignment 5 added, with two nice link pictures.
November 15, 2004: Talks reorganized.
November 12, 2004: Classes: 2004-05: Math 1300Y - Topology: The Double Cover of an Annulus added.
November 9, 2004: Talks: York-041108: KRC.pdf updated.
November 8, 2004: Handouts added to Talks: York-041108.
November 3, 2004: Classes: 2004-05: Math 1300Y - Topology: Comments on Hatcher's Book added.
November 1, 2004: Talks: York-041108 added.
October 27, 2004: Handout (MoreFormulas.pdf) added to Talks: Harvard-0410.
October 21, 2004: Publications: Cobordisms is finished!
October 12, 2004: Talks: Harvard-0410 added.
October 8, 2004: Major update to Odds, Ends, Unfinished: Cobordisms.
October 7, 2004: Handout (TraceGroups.pdf) added to Talks: Buffalo-0410.
September 23, 2004: Talks: Buffalo-0410 added.
September 6, 2004: Classes: 2004-05: Math 157 - Analysis I created.
August 17, 2004: The Knot Atlas: A mixup involving the knots 1083 and 1086 is now fixed.
August 13, 2004: New paper: Finite Type Invariants.
August 13, 2004: Matthew Song added to Students.
August 10, 2004: Jeremy Green added to Students.
July 11, 2004: New handouts on Talks: Oporto-0407.
July 5, 2004: Talks: Oporto-0407 added.
May 24, 2004: Odds, Ends, Unfinished: Cobordisms posted.
May 10, 2004: At 115 sub-pages, Classes: 2003-04: Math 157 - Analysis I is now finished!
May 6, 2004: Updated Talks: Microsoft-040413.
April 13, 2004: The Knot Atlas now shows the Khovanov homology of 11 crossing knots.
April 7, 2004: Talks: Microsoft-040413 added.
April 7, 2004: Updated my curriculum vitae.
March 31, 2004: A mild update to The Knot Atlas.
March 30, 2004: Talks: Rochester-040402 added.
March 29, 2004: Classes: 2004-05: Topology created.
February 11, 2004: Talks: UWO-040213 updated.
February 10, 2004: Talks: MSU-0402 added.
February 8, 2004: The Knot Atlas now knows about the HOMFLY-PT polynomial, and it shows many more Coloured Jones polynomials.
February 6, 2004: Khatula Pashoshit moved.
February 4, 2004: Talks: UofT-040205 added.
January 13, 2004: Talks: UWO-040213 added.
January 24, 2004: The Knot Atlas now knows about minimum braid representatives, and it shows many more Coloured Jones polynomials.
January 13, 2004: Talks: Queens-040123 added.
January 5, 2004: The Knot Atlas now knows about the Coloured Jones polynomial and about Gauss Codes, and individual knot and link pages are now linked to Knotilus.
December 9, 2003: Classes: 2003-04: Knot Theory completed.
December 8, 2003: Transparencies added to Talks: UofT-031208.
November 28, 2003: The Knot Atlas now knows a little about braids. See Knot Atlas: KnotTheory.m: Braid Representatives and Knot Atlas: KnotTheory.m: Drawing Braids and some individual knot pages.
November 28, 2003: Talks: UofT-031208 added.
November 18, 2003: "Bible Codes" and "Bible Codes": The Gans Report updated.
November 14, 2003: Talks: BIRS-0311 added.
November 1, 2003: Talks: Wayne-031103 added.
October 27, 2003: Some new symbols and other minor updates in Odds, Ends, Unfinished: The Symbol Font dbnsymb.
October 24, 2003: Gad Naot added to Students.
October 23, 2003: Classes: 2003-04: Math 1350F - Knot Theory: Homework Assignment 6: Deframing added.
October 20, 2003: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
September 27, 2003: Talks: UofT-031002 added.
September 25, 2003: Classes: 2003-04: Math 1350F - Knot Theory: Class Photo posted.
September 23, 2003: Classes: 2003-04: Math 157 - Analysis I: Class Photo posted.
September 17, 2003: Ofer Ron added to Students.
September 17, 2003: New note: Publications: A Correction to "Groups of Ribbon Knots" by Ka Yi Ng, joint with Ofer Ron.
September 15, 2003: Updated the paper The Århus integral of rational homology 3-spheres III: The Relation with the Le-Murakami-Ohtsuki Invariant.
September 7, 2003: Stephen Green added to Students.
August 31, 2003: Classes: 2003-04: Knot Theory created.
August 26, 2003: Talks: UIC-030905 added.
August 19, 2003: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
August 19, 2003: Classes: 2003-04: Math 157 - Analysis I created.
August 5, 2003: The Knot Atlas now has a table of Torus Knots and a program and a page on TubePlot.
July 18, 2003: The Knot Atlas now shows signatures and 11 crossing knots.
July 18, 2003: Talks: Warsaw-030711 added.
July 10, 2003: A newer handout at Publications: On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial.
June 3, 2003: Talks: Potsdam-030604 added.
May 21, 2003: New report: Publications: Khovanov Homology Tables.
May 17, 2003: The Knot Atlas now shows The A2 Invariant.
May 1, 2003: Added Talks: Unreasonable Affinity Knots/Algebra: Cornell-030501.
April 30, 2003: At 286 sub-pages, Classes: 2002-03: Math 157 - Analysis I is now finished.
April 29, 2003: A new handout at Publications: On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial.
April 26, 2003: The Knot Atlas now shows The Jones Polynomial.
April 18, 2003: Added Talks: Khovanov's Categorification: Harvard-030418 along with 12 subpages.
April 6, 2003: Added The Knot Atlas: The Mathematica Package KnotTheory.m.
April 2, 2003: Updated my curriculum vitae.
March 12, 2003: Added Talks: JHU-0303 along with 23 subpages.
February 19, 2003: Added Talks: Khovanov's Categorification: UNC-030221 along with 11 subpages.
February 19, 2003: Added Talks: Khovanov's Categorification: UNC-030220 along with 16 subpages.
February 9, 2003: Added The Knot Atlas: The Hoste-Thistlethwaite Link Table (plus 1426 downward links).
February 5, 2003: A little more Fame.
February 4, 2003: See Classes: 2002-03: Math 157 - Analysis I: π is Irrational
January 20, 2003: Updated Two Applications of Elementary Knot Theory to Lie Algebras and Vassiliev Invariants (joint with Thang T. Q. Lê and Dylan P. Thurston).
January 9, 2003: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
January 7, 2003: My embryonic Knot Atlas is now linked.
December 31, 2002: At 145 sub-pages, Classes: 2002-03: Math 157 - Analysis I reached its midpoint!
December 28, 2002: Talks: HUJI-021230 added, and within it, Talks: HUJI-021230: Why is Categorification Interesting?
November 14, 2002: Updated my curriculum vitae.
November 8, 2002: Image Gallery: Knotted Objects: A Knotted Trivalent Graph at Boston University added.
October 29, 2002: Talks: BU-021101 added, and within it, Talks: BU-021101: Why is Categorification Interesting?
October 19, 2002: Got money? My research proposal is now on line.
October 1, 2002: Talks: UofT-021010 added.
September 20, 2002: Updated my paper Bracelets and the Goussarov Filtration of the Space of Knots.
September 9, 2002: Classes: 2002-03: Math 157 - Analysis I created.
September 4, 2002: "Bible Codes": The Gans Report added.
August 13, 2002: Site moved to Toronto!
July 18, 2002: Ami Haviv added to Students.
July 14, 2002: Classes: 2001-02: Fundamental Concepts in Algebraic Topology completed (except for the Moed Beth exam).
July 10, 2002: Created a Students page.
July 4, 2002: Image Gallery: Knotted Objects: A Knotted Box added.
July 3, 2002: Added a feedback page.
July 1, 2002: Updated my paper On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial.
June 29, 2002: Updated Gallery. See especially the new Milk Drops section!
June 26, 2002: Dror Bar-Natan: Publications got a face lift.
June 25, 2002: Minor revision of Dror Bar-Natan: Publications: Perceived Depth Images.
June 24, 2002: Classes: 2001-02: Seminar on Knot Theory completed.
June 23, 2002: Dror Bar-Natan: Bible Codes got a face lift.
June 19, 2002: Dror Bar-Natan: Publications: Two Examples in Non-Commutative Probability got a face lift.
June 5, 2002: Talks: HUJI-020613 added, and within it, Talks: HUJI-020613: Why is Categorification Interesting?
June 5, 2002: Updated Gallery. See especially the new Lion Hunting section!
May 2, 2002: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
May 1, 2002: Updated my paper (joint with Ruth Lawrence) A Rational Surgery Furmula for the LMO Invariant.
April 29, 2002: Handout "Covering Spaces Done Right" added to Classes: 2001-02: Fundamental Concepts in Algebraic Topology.
April 26, 2002: New paper posted! Two Applications of Elementary Knot Theory to Lie Algebras and Vassiliev Invariants, joint with Thang T. Q. Lê and Dylan P. Thurston)
April 25, 2002: Some handouts, homework assignments and lecture notes added to Classes: 2001-02: Fundamental Concepts in Algebraic Topology.
April 14, 2002: Some old material added to Classes.
March 31, 2002: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
March 23, 2002: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
March 21, 2002: Talks:Unreasonable Affinity Knots/Algebra:BIU-020320 added.
March 3, 2002: Classes: 2001-02: Seminar on Knot Theory created.
February 21, 2002: Updated my page On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial; now includes tables of the Khovanov invariant for links.
February 20, 2002: The talk The 17 Worlds of Planar Ants, given in Toronto on February 12, 2002.
February 19, 2002: Classes: 2001-02: Fundamental Concepts in Algebraic Topology created.
February 17, 2002: Talks:Unreasonable Affinity Knots/Algebra:Toronto-020211 added.
January 28, 2002: Added handout on Faddeev-Popov gauge fixing to Classes: 2001-02: Knots and Feynman Diagrams.
January 28, 2002: New conjectures by Khovanov on my paper's On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial web site. See his article Patterns in knot cohomology I.
January 15, 2002: Updated my paper On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial.
January 10, 2002: Added handout on de-Rham theory on Γ and graph cohomology to Classes: 2001-02: Knots and Feynman Diagrams.
January 7, 2002: Added handout on The Emergence of Feynman Diagrams to Classes: 2001-02: Knots and Feynman Diagrams.
December 29, 2001: Added handout on The Fulton-MacPherson Compactification to Classes: 2001-02: Knots and Feynman Diagrams.
December 14, 2001: Added Classes: 2001-02: Knots and Feynman Diagrams: Some Hanukkah Riddles.
December 7, 2001: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
December 5, 2001: Updated my paper On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial (and moved it from the "unfinished" section of my site to the "publications" section). New stuff: computations for 11 crossing knots.
December 1, 2001: Hiring? My research plan is now on line.
December 1, 2001: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
November 29, 2001: Updated Classes: 2001-02: Knots and Feynman Diagrams.
November 26, 2001: New paper: Bracelets and the Goussarov Filtration of the Space of Knots.
November 26, 2001: Added a Fun mail section to the Bibliography of Vassiliev Invariants (which is now also available in PDF format).
November 16, 2001: Updated my paper On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial. New stuff: "Executive Summary", proof of invariance, detailed example to illustrate the conjectures, a few links are tabulated too, "Quick Reference Guide" at end.
November 12, 2001: Some new symbols in dbnsymb.
October 30, 2001: Updated my paper On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial.
October 30, 2001: Talks:HUJI-011104 added.
October 28, 2001: Goussarov page updated; now contains the English version of his paper Variations of knotted graphs, geometric technique of n-equivalence.
October 24, 2001: My curriculum vitae is now on line.
October 17, 2001: My paper On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial updated to include a nice phenomenological conjecture.
October 15, 2001: References added to the Bibliography of Vassiliev Invariants, see the List of Additions.
October 12, 2001: A page on the Inequality of the Means created.
October 12, 2001: Updated Gallery. Use the Slide Show Remote Controller to see the latest (opens in a new window).
October 11, 2001: Classes: 2001-02: Knots and Feynman Diagrams created.
October 11, 2001: This page created.