Algebraic Structures in Knot Theory

Carmen Caprau, California State University, Fresno, California.J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.Neslihan Gugumcu, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey.Sam Nelsen, Claremont McKenna College, California.

• ArticlesRostislav Akhmechet and Melissa Zhang, On equivariant Khovanov homologyChristine Ruey Shan Lee, Computing Khovanov homology via categorified Jones-Wenzl projectorsIoannis Diamantis, A survey on skein modules via braidsBlake Mellor and Robin Wilson, Topological symmetries of the Heawood familyTonie Scroggin, On the cohomology of two stranded braid varietiesKate Kearney, Symmetry of three component linksPaolo Cavicchioli and Sofia Lambropoulou, The mixed Hilden braid group and the plat equivalence in handlebodiesJason Joseph and Puttipong Pongtanapaisan, Meridional rank, welded knots, and bridge trisectionsAudrey Baumheckel, Carmen Caprau and Conor Righetti, On an invariant for colored classical and singular linksDionne Ibarra and Gabriel Montoya-Vega, A study of Gram determinants in knot theory