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A Modification of the Sarkar-Wang Algorithm and an Analysis of its Computational Complexity

Geometric Topology 2008-01-31 v2

Abstract

The Sarkar-Wang algorithm computes the hat version of the Heegaard Floer homology of a closed oriented three manifold. This paper analyzes the computational complexity of the Sarkar-Wang algorithm; then the algorithm is modified to obtain a better bound. Then the computational complexity of calculating HFK hat from a Heegaard diagram by means of the modified Sarkar-Wang algorithm is also analyzed. Under certain assumptions it is shown that the modified Sarkar-Wang algorithm is faster than the Manolescu-Ozsvath-Sarkar algorithm.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0711.4405,
  title  = {A Modification of the Sarkar-Wang Algorithm and an Analysis of its Computational Complexity},
  author = {Jonathan Hales and Dmytro Karabash and Michael T. Lock},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4405},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

14 pages, 4 figures, fixed two typos

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