Week 1 | |
| Wed. June 20 | S. Chmutov, Introduction. The Tutte polynbomial. Handout. |
| Fri. June 22 | S. Chmutov, Ribbon graphs and the Bollobás-Riordan polynomial. Handout. |
Week 2 | |
| Wed. June 27 | S. Chmutov, Matroids. Handout. |
| Fri. June 29 | S. Chmutov, Links and the Jones polynomial. Handout. |
Week 3 | |
| Tue. July 3 | S. Chmutov, Project #1. Invariants of virtual links. |
| Fri. July 6 | S. Chmutov, Project #4. Reconstruction of graphs. Puzzles. |
Week 4 | |
| Wed. July 11 |
Guest Lecture. Neil Robertson, Reconstruction problem for graphs. |
| Fri. July 13 | S. Chmutov, Project #3. Strong maps of matroids and ribbon graphs. |
Week 5 | |
| Wed. July 18 | S. Chmutov, Project #2. Parallel connection. Universality of the Bollobás-Riordan polynomial. |
| Fri. July 20 | S. Chmutov, Project #5. Lie algebras and weight systems. |
Week 6 | |
| Wed. July 25 | |
| Fri. July 27 |