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A cube of resolutions for knot Floer homology

Geometric Topology 2014-02-26 v1 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We develop a skein exact sequence for knot Floer homology, involving singular knots. This leads to an explicit, algebraic description of knot Floer homology in terms of a braid projection of the knot.

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@article{arxiv.0705.3852,
  title  = {A cube of resolutions for knot Floer homology},
  author = {Peter Ozsvath and Zoltan Szabo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.3852},
  year   = {2014}
}

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55 pages, 24 figures