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Colored Khovanov-Rozansky homology for infinite braids

Quantum Algebra 2019-10-30 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We show that the limiting unicolored sl(N)\mathfrak{sl}(N) Khovanov-Rozansky chain complex of any infinite positive braid categorifies a highest-weight projector. This result extends an earlier result of Cautis categorifying highest-weight projectors using the limiting complex of infinite torus braids. Additionally, we show that the results hold in the case of colored HOMFLY-PT Khovanov-Rozansky homology as well. An application of this result is given in finding a partial isomorphism between the HOMFLY-PT homology of any braid positive link and the stable HOMFLY-PT homology of the infinite torus knot as computed by Hogancamp.

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@article{arxiv.1709.06666,
  title  = {Colored Khovanov-Rozansky homology for infinite braids},
  author = {Michael Abel and Michael Willis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.06666},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

30 pages, many figures. This new version (Oct 24, 2019) contains several small corrections and clarifications (thanks to the referee for pointing many of these out)