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Knot Theory: Fifty Years Since Fox and Milnor
June 2-5, 2008
Brandeis University
Waltham (Massachusetts), USA

Organizers
Tim D. Cochran, Stavros Garoufalidis, Cameron Gordon, Daniel Ruberman, Kent Orr.

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Gauge theory revisited
by
Peter Kronheimer
Harvard University
Coauthors: Tom Mrowka

In the light of more recent developments, we reexamine instantons with codimension-2 singularities, both for SU(2) and more generally for SU(N), as a potential tool for bounding from below the slice genus of a knot.

Date received: April 23, 2008

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