Seminars organised by Vassily Manturov
Knots and representation theory seminar
18:30 -- 20:05 (UTC+3), Monday,
MSU in Moscow
V.O. Manturov, I.M. Nikonov, S. Kim
Moscow-Beijing Topology seminar
10:30 -- 12:00 (UTC+3), Wednesday
V.O. Manturov, S. Kim
Knots, Graphs and Groups
17:05 -- 18:30 (UTC+3), Saturday,
MIPT, ауд. 418 ГК.
V.O. Manturov, S. Kim, O. Styrt
Математический кружок
15:30-- 17:00 (UTC+3), во вторник,
МФТИ, г. Москва
Ссылка для подключения: https://telemost.360.yandex.ru/j/9817480554
А.Я. Канель-Белов, В.О. Мантуров
2026 GDUFS Summer Course: Invariants and Pictures
by Prof. Vassily Manturov
Lecture Topics (subject to minor adjustments): at 15:30–17:30 Beijing time
Aug 17: Small cancellation groups
Aug 18: Braid groups
Aug 20: Free knots, parity bracket, picture‑valued invariants
Aug 21: Cobordisms of free knots
Aug 22: Groups Gₙᵏ, invariants of braids and configuration spaces
Aug 23: Ptolemy relation yields braid invariants
Aug 24: Toy model: Ptolemy yields pentagon
Aug 25: The photography method
Aug 27: Dijkgraaf–Witten invariants
Aug 28: Braids, cluster algebras, tropical geometry, photography method
Aug 29: Course review
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5699150694?pwd=hxfcBaYXvW256qF7g9mvn3MEGa4eam.1&omn=87940857882
Zoom ID: 569 915 0694
Passcode: 141592
Course Website: https://sokoban.cn/yang/summer2026/
Recordings (Bilibili): https://space.bilibili.com/571794829