Skein Theory for Affine ADE Subfactor Planar Algebras
Speaker:
Melody Molander, University of California, Santa Barbara
Date and Time:
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 11:00am to 11:30am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
Subfactor planar algebras first were constructed by Vaughan Jones as a diagrammatic axiomatization of the standard invariant of a subfactor. These planar algebras also encode two other invariants of the subfactors: the index and the principal graph. The Kuperberg Program asks to find all diagrammatic presentations of subfactor planar algebras. This program has been completed for index less than 4. In this talk, I will introduce subfactor planar algebras and give some presentations of subfactor planar algebras of index 4 which have affine ADE Dynkin diagrams as their principal graphs.