Michael Eisermann

Talks – Exposés – Vorträge

What is now proved was once only imagined.
William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

This page lists some of my conference and seminar talks.

[Pour des exposés de popularisation voir la rubrique Enseignement.]

Entries are sorted by topic and within each topic roughly by reverse chronological order. Where possible I provide the slides (often including bonus material ;-). You will probably prefer the paper version, or a 2x2 printer-friendly version, but the video presentation is available, too.

Back to the roots: the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra

Der Hauptsatz der Algebra in effektiver Gestalt:
ein reell-algebraischer Beweis mittels Sturmscher Ketten.
(2x2, video)
Januar 2009, Mathematisches Kolloquium, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
An effective proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra via Sturm chains.
(2x2, video)
January 2009, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington/DC

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Finite type invariants of surfaces bounding links in 3-space

Finite type invariants of surfaces bounding links in 3-space. (2x2, video)
January 2009, Knots in Washington XXVII, George Washington University
Invariants de type fini de surfaces bordant des entrelacs dans R3. (2x2, video)
Janvier 2009, Séminaire d'Algèbre, Dynamique et Topologie, Université Aix-Marseille
Invariants de type fini des surfaces dans R3. (2x2, video)
Octobre 2008, Séminaire Général & Colloquium, IMB Dijon
Surface invariants of finite type. (2x2, video)
September 2008, Braids in Paris, GDR Tresses

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Le polynôme de Jones des entrelacs rubans. (2x2, video)
Mars 2008, Séminaire de Mathématiques Pures, Clermont-Ferrand
Le polynôme de Jones des entrelacs rubans. (2x2, video)
Janvier 2008, Séminaire de Topologie, Institut Mathématiques de Jussieu, Paris
Homologie de Khovanov des entrelacs rubans (introduction).
Octobre 2007, Séminaire de Topologie, Institut Fourier
Le polynôme de Jones des entrelacs rubans. (2x2, video)
Septembre 2007, Séminaire de Topologie, Institut Fourier
The Jones polynomial of ribbon knots and symmetric unions. (2x2, video)
August 2007, AMS-PTM International Meeting, Warsaw

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Set-theoretic Yang-Baxter operators and their deformations

Set-theoretic Yang-Baxter operators and their deformations. (2x2, video)
January 2009, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington/DC
Interpretation of quandle invariants in terms of knot group representations.
November 2006, Knots in Washington XXIII, George Washington University

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Interactions between quantum and classical topology

Quanteninvarianten und niedrigdimensionale Topologie. (2x2, video)
Juni 2009, Mathematisches Institut der Universität zu Köln
Quanteninvarianten und niedrigdimensionale Topologie. (2x2, video)
März 2009, Mathematisches Institut der Universität Münster
Quanteninvarianten und niedrigdimensionale Topologie. (2x2, video)
Oktober 2008, Institut für Geometrie und Topologie, Universität Stuttgart
Quelques interactions de la topologie classique et quantique en dimension trois. (2x2, video)
Décembre 2007, Institut Fourier, Université Grenoble

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Vassiliev invariants and the Poincaré Conjecture

June 2005, Arnold Seminar, Paris
November 2003, Kolloquium, Münster
February 2003, Seminar, Montpellier
September 2002, Algebraic Topology Conference, Lille
April 2002, Seminar, Aix-Marseille
April 2002, Seminar, Toulouse
March 2002, Seminar, Lille
March 2002, Seminar, Clermont-Ferrand
February 2002, Seminar, Strasbourg
May 2001, Seminar, Paris Jussieu
April 2001, Seminar, ENS Lyon
March 2001, Seminar, Toulouse

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Quandle homology and applications to knots

January 2003, Seminar, Bonn
April 2002, Séminaire, Toulouse
March 2002, Séminaire, Grenoble
December 2000, Séminaire, Clermont-Ferrand

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Rational Vassiliev invariants fail to distinguish knots in S²×S¹

March 2001, Seminar, Toulouse
March 2001, Seminar, ENS Lyon
November 2000, Seminar, Grenoble
November 2000, Seminar, Aix-Marseille
January 2000, Seminar, Strasbourg
December 1999, Seminar, Bonn

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