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Handle decompositions and the 1-dimensional inputs skein lasagna module

Geometric Topology 2026-06-28 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We establish handle attachment formulas for the Khovanov skein lasagna module with 1-dimensional inputs over Q\mathbb{Q}, defined recently by Ren, Wedrich, Willis, Zhang, and the second author. For a 44-manifold built out of 11- and 22-handles, the invariant can be computed in terms of a cabled colimit of Rozansky-Willis homologies, modulo a new relation which we call the lasso relation. We then present some explicit calculations for disk bundles over S2S^{2}, as well as a partial vanishing result for 44-manifolds of the form Σg×D2\Sigma_{g}\times D^{2}, g1g\geq 1.

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@article{arxiv.2606.29452,
  title  = {Handle decompositions and the 1-dimensional inputs skein lasagna module},
  author = {Imogen Montague and Ian A. Sullivan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.29452},
  year   = {2026}
}

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55 pages, 20 figures. Comments welcome!