Khovanov concordance minima and the (4,5) torus knot
Geometric Topology
2026-02-16 v1
Abstract
Ribbon concordance gives a partial order on knot types, and applying a knot homology functor to a ribbon concordance gives an inclusion of the homologies. The question of the existence of global ribbon minima in each concordance class is a generalization of the slice-ribbon conjecture, which asserts that the unknot is the global minimum in its class. We show that the (reduced rational) Khovanov homology of the (4,5) torus knot is a summand in the Khovanov homology of any knot in its concordance class.
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@article{arxiv.2602.12692,
title = {Khovanov concordance minima and the (4,5) torus knot},
author = {Andrew Lobb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.12692},
year = {2026}
}
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