Forest-skein groups

Wednesday, 19-June-2024 

Abstract

Motivated by Vaughan Jones' reconstruction program of conformal field theories we have defined a class of groups constructed with tree-diagrams. They form a vast class of groups, called "forest-skein groups", that are interesting on their own, satisfy exceptional properties and have powerful extra-structures. We will present explicit examples and explain how the theory of forest-skein groups is surprisingly well-behaved. Some results are joint work with Ryan Seelig.