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Grid homology for singular links in lens space and a resolution cube

Geometric Topology 2025-03-28 v3

Abstract

In this paper, we define grid homologies for singular links in lens spaces and use them to construct a resolution cube for knot Floer homology of regular links in lens spaces. The results will first be proved over Z/2Z\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} and then over Z\mathbb{Z} with the help of sign assignments. We will also identify the signed grid homology and classical knot Floer homology over Z\mathbb{Z} for regular links in lens spaces, illustrating the fact that our resolution cube is genuinely one for knot Floer homology. The main advancement in the paper is that we give a complete description of singular knot theory in lens spaces which was only defined in S3S^3 previously and we construct a signed combinatorial resolution cube for knot Floer homology in lens spaces which may be powerful in relating HFKHFK^\circ to other link homology theories.

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@article{arxiv.2501.03579,
  title  = {Grid homology for singular links in lens space and a resolution cube},
  author = {Yonghan Xiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.03579},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

55 pages, 25 figures. Comparing with first two versions, we correct some subtle mistakes in proof and figures in this new one. Comments are welcomed