Applications of Planar Algebras to Graph Theory

Time: July 10 (Tuesday) 15:00-16:00

Place: N902

Speaker: Yunxiang Ren (University of Tennessee Knoxville)

Title:  Applications of Planar algebras to Graph theory

Abstract: Planar algebras were introduced by Jones as an axiomatization of standard invariants for subfactors. This topological viewpoint for subfactors provides a natural interpretation of problems in graph theory and further tools to study them. In this talk, we will describe the idea of applying planar algebras to graph theory, specifically to the independence number and Shannon Capacity of graphs. 

 

Yunxiang Ren talks on the applications of planar algebras to graph theory.