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Sections 3.1-3.4: v-Knots and w-Knots: Definitions, framings, finite type invariants, dimensions, and the expansion in the w case.

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Date	Links
Jan 11, 2012	120111-1: Introduction. 120111-2: Section 2.1 - v-Braids.
Jan 18, 2012	120118-1: An introduction to this web site. 120118-2: Section 2.2 - w-Braids by generators and relations and as flying rings. 120118-3: Section 2.2 - w-Braids - other drawing conventions, "wens".
Jan 25, 2012	120125-1: Section 2.2.3 - basis conjugating automorphisms of $F_n$ . 120125-2: A very quick introduction to finite type invariants in the "u" case.
Feb 1, 2012	120201: Section 2.3 - finite type invariants of v- and w-braids, arrow diagrams, 6T, TC and 4T relations, expansions / universal finite type invariants.
Feb 8, 2012	120208: Review of u,v, and w braids and of Section 2.3.
Feb 15, 2012	120215: Section 2.5 - mostly compatibilities of $Z^w$ , also injectivity and uniqueness of $Z^w$ .
Feb 22, 2012	120222: Section 2.5.5, $\alpha:{\mathcal A}^u\to{\mathcal A}^v$ , and Section 3.1 (partially), the definition of v- and w-knots.
Feb 29, 2012	120229: Sections 3.1-3.4: v-Knots and w-Knots: Definitions, framings, finite type invariants, dimensions, and the expansion in the w case.
Mar 7, 2012	120307: Section 3.5: Jacobi diagrams and the bracket-rise theorem.
Mar 14, 2012	120314: Section 3.6 - the relation with Lie algebras.
Mar 21, 2012	120321: Section 4 - Algebraic Structures.
Mar 28, 2012	Out-of-sequence not-on-tape we watched the video of Talks: GWU-1203.
Apr 4, 2012	120404: Section 3.7 - The Alexander Theorem (statement).
Apr 18, 2012	120418: Aside on the Euler trick, the differential of $\exp$ , and the BCH formula.
Apr 25, 2012	120425: Section 3.8, a disorganized lecture towards the proof of the Alexander theorem.
May 2, 2012	120502: Section 4: Algebraic structures (review), circuit algebras, v- and w-tangles.
May 10, 2012	120510: Sections 5.1 and 5.2: tangles, their projectivization and its relationship with Alekseev-Torossian spaces.
May 23, 2012	120523: Section 5.2: Proof of the relationship with A-T spaces.
May 30, 2012	120530: Interpreting ${\mathcal A}^w(\uparrow_n)$ as a universal space of invariant tangential differential operators.
Group photo on January 11, 2012: DBN, ZD, Stephen Morgan, Lucy Zhang, Iva Halacheva, David Li-Bland, Sam Selmani, Oleg Chterental, Peter Lee.