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New Zealand Mathematics Colloquium 2000
November 26-29, 2000
Dept of Mathematics, University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand

Organizers
Kevin Broughan, Rua Murray, Ernie Kalnins, Stephen Joe

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Planar Algebras
by
Vaughan Jones
Dept of Mathematics, UC Berkeley.

Planar algebras provide a unifying framework for knot theory, subfactors and 2-dimensional statistical mechanical models. I will define the notion of a planar algebra and give several examples, together with one or two striking theorems in the subject.

Date received: September 20, 2000

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