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Matrix factorizations and link homology II

Quantum Algebra 2014-11-11 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

To a presentation of an oriented link as the closure of a braid we assign a complex of bigraded vector spaces. The Euler characteristic of this complex (and of its triply-graded cohomology groups) is the HOMFLYPT polynomial of the link. We show that the dimension of each cohomology group is a link invariant.

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@article{arxiv.math/0505056,
  title  = {Matrix factorizations and link homology II},
  author = {Mikhail Khovanov and Lev Rozansky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0505056},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

37 pages, 20 figures; version 2 corrects an inaccuracy in the proof of Proposition 3