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Khovanov skein lasagna modules with $1$-dimensional inputs

Geometric Topology 2025-10-08 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We construct a variant of Khovanov skein lasagna modules, which takes the Khovanov homology in connected sums of S1×S2S^1\times S^2 defined by Rozansky and Willis as the input link homology. To carry out the construction, we prove functoriality of Rozansky-Willis's homology for cobordisms in a class of 44-manifolds that we call 44-dimensional relative 11-handlebody complements, by using, as a bypass, an isomorphism proved by Sullivan--Zhang relating the Rozansky-Willis homology and the classical Khovanov skein lasagna module of links on the boundary of D2×S2D^2\times S^2. Along the way, we also present new results on diffeomorphism groups, on Gluck twists for Khovanov skein lasagna modules, and on the functoriality of gl2\mathfrak{gl}_2 foams.

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@article{arxiv.2510.05273,
  title  = {Khovanov skein lasagna modules with $1$-dimensional inputs},
  author = {Qiuyu Ren and Ian Sullivan and Paul Wedrich and Michael Willis and Melissa Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.05273},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

88 pages, many figures in color

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