Schedule

Week 1
Tu. June 22	S. Chmutov,  Introduction. The Tutte polynomial. Handout.    Wikipedia.
Th. June 24	S. Chmutov,  Matroids. Handout.    Wikipedia.
Week 2
Tu. June 29	S. Chmutov,  The relative Tutte and Las Vergnas polynomials. Handout.
Th. July 1	S. Chmutov,  Ribbon graphs and the Bollobás-Riordan polynomial. Handout.
Week 3
Tu. July 6	S. Chmutov,  Links. The Conway polynomial. Handout.
Th. July 8	S. Chmutov,  The Jones polynomial. Handout.
Week 4
Tu. July 13	R. Bradford, C. Butler,  Arrow polynomial.
Th. July 15	Z. Cheng, T. Dokos, J. Lindquist,  Conway polynomial of virtual links.
Week 5
Tu. July 20	R. Askanazi, J. Michel, C. Estill,  Las Vergnas and Bollobás-Riordan polynomials.
Th. July 22	B. Albrinck, D. Meyer,  Relative Tutte and Bollobás-Riordan polynomials.
Week 6
Tu. July 27	R. Bradford, C. Butler,  Number of virtual crossings and the arrow polynomial.
Th. July 29	Z. Cheng, J. Lindquist,  Matrix-tree theorem and virtual Milnor numbers.
Week 7
Tu. August 3	R. Askanazi, J. Michel, P. Stollenwerk,  Las Vergnas, Bollobás-Riordan, and Krushkal polynomials.
Th. August 5	T. NeCamp, M. McCann,  Relative Tutte and Bollobás-Riordan polynomials.
Week 8
Tu. August 10	R. Bradford, C. Butler,  Arrow ribbon graphs.
Week 9
Tu. August 17	R. Askanazi, J. Michel, P. Stollenwerk,  Las Vergnas and Krushkal polynomials.
Th. August 19	Z. Cheng, T. Dokos, J. Lindquist,  Virtual Milnor numbers.