Date
Wed, 29 Apr 2026
Time
16:00 - 17:00
Location
L5
Speaker
Colin McCulloch
Organisation
Mathematical Institute University of Oxford

Skein lasanga modules are a smooth 4-manifold invariant that was introduced by Morrison, Walker and Wedrich using Khovanov homology. This invariant was recently used by Ren and Willis to give the first analysis free proof of the existence of exotic 4-manifolds. However, even for simple handlebodies it remains difficult to compute. A generalisation was introduced by Chen using Knot Floer homology, which in principle should be easier to compute due to cabling formulas for knot Floer homology. I will give a general introduction to lasagna modules assuming no knowledge of Khovanov or knot Floer homology, and then explain some methods, from upcoming work, for computing Floer Lasagna modules.

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