Department of Mathematics
Knot theory for braids.
Thomas Fiedler
Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3
We give an overview about the conjugacy problem in braid groups. This problem was solved by Garside in 1969 in an algebraic manner. But the solution is of exponential complexity. It is conjectured by Thurston that there should be a solution of polynomial complexity. We will indicate such a solution which is obtained in a topological manner.
All interested persons are welcome.
This talk should be accessible to upper-division students.