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Dualizable link homology

General Topology 2020-10-29 v1 Geometric Topology Representation Theory

Abstract

We modify our previous construction of link homology in order to include a natural duality functor F\mathfrak{F}. To a link LL we associate a triply-graded module HXY(L)HXY(L) over the graded polynomial ring R(L)=C[x1,y1,,x,y]R(L)=\mathbb{C}[x_1,y_1,\dots,x_\ell,y_\ell]. The module has an involution F\mathfrak{F} that intertwines the Fourier transform on R(L)R(L), F(xi)=yi\mathfrak{F}(x_i)=y_i, F(yi)=xi\mathfrak{F}(y_i)=x_i. In the case when =1\ell=1 the module is free over R(L)R(L) and specialization to x=y=0x=y=0 matches with the triply-graded knot homology previously constructed by the authors. Thus we show that the corresponding super-polynomial satisfies the categorical version of q1/qq\to 1/q symmetry. We also construct an isotopy invariant of the closure of a dichromatic braid and relate this invariant to HXY(L)HXY(L).

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@article{arxiv.1905.06511,
  title  = {Dualizable link homology},
  author = {Alexei Oblomkov and Lev Rozansky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.06511},
  year   = {2020}
}

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30 pages, no figures; comments are welcome

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