A slice genus lower bound from sl(n) Khovanov-Rozansky homology
Geometric Topology
2010-06-18 v2
Abstract
We show that perturbing the definition of sl(n) Khovanov-Rozansky link homology gives a lower bound on the slice genus of a knot. As a corollary this yields another proof of Milnor's conjecture on the slice genus of torus knots.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0702393,
title = {A slice genus lower bound from sl(n) Khovanov-Rozansky homology},
author = {Andrew Lobb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702393},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
68 pages, 43 figures; unused figures removed