Tobias EKHOLM - 1/3 Introduction to knot contact homology
Channel: Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)
Date: 2015-07-19

We define knot contact homology as the Legendrian differential graded algebra of the unit conormal lift of a knot. We show how to compute it for knots in the three sphere using flow trees and discuss some of its basic properties. We also introduce the augmentation variety.
13 juillet 2015