The Alexander Polynomial is a Quantum Invariant in a Different Way

Learning Seminar on Categorification, Online, June 25, 2020, 1PM EST.

Abstract. If you care only about categorification, the take-home from my talk will be a challenge: Categorify what I believe is the best Alexander invariant for tangles.

Handout: AQDW.html, AQDW.png.

Opening Crawl.

Talk Video.

References.

A polynomial time knot polynomial, with van der Veen: A paper on $P_1$ of Theorem 1; a bit dated.
Everything Around $sl_{2+}^\epsilon$ is DoPeGDO. Hooray!, with van der Veen: A paper on Theorem 1 in full generality, in preparation. More in my talks Everything Around $sl_{2+}^\epsilon$ is DoPeGDO. So what? (video there) and Some Feynman Diagrams in Algebra (video there).
An Unexpected Cyclic Symmetry of $I{\mathfrak u}_n$, with van der Veen: A paper containing a bit about the $\epsilon$ hidden in semi-simple Lie algebras. A lot more is in my talk What else can you do with solvable approximations? (video there).
Meta-Monoids, Meta-Bicrossed Products, and the Alexander Polynomial, with Sam Selmani: A paper on $\Gamma$-calculus. More in my talks Algebraic Knot Theory (video there) and Some very good formulas for the Alexander polynomial (video there).
The Dogma is Wrong: Talk with video; the title says it all.
From the $ax+b$ Lie Algebra to the Alexander Polynomial and Beyond: An old talk on Alexander and $ax+b$ (video there).
More on $gl(1|1)$: The Alexander polynomial as quantum invariant of links by Antonio Sartori, Quantum Relatives of Alexander Polynomial by Oleg Viro.
The Mathematica notebook partially displayed on the handout is "AlexanderFromHeisenberg" at my pensieve. Said pensieve also contains all other source files used for this talk.

URL: http://drorbn.net/cat20.