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Mirror links have dual odd and generalized Khovanov homology

Geometric Topology 2016-09-21 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We show that the generalized Khovanov homology, defined by the second author in the framework of chronological cobordisms, admits a grading by the group Z×Z2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}_2, in which all homogeneous summands are isomorphic to the unified Khovanov homology defined over the ring Zπ:=Z[π]/(π21)\mathbb{Z}_{\pi}:=\mathbb{Z}[\pi]/(\pi^2-1) (here, setting π\pi to ±1\pm 1 results either in even or odd Khovanov homology). The generalized homology has k:=Z[X,Y,Z±1]/(X2=Y2=1)\Bbbk := \mathbb{Z}[X,Y,Z^{\pm 1}]/(X^2=Y^2=1) as coefficients, and the above implies that most of automorphisms of k\Bbbk fix the isomorphism class of the generalized homology regarded as k\Bbbk-modules, so that the even and odd Khovanov homology are the only two specializations of the invariant. In particular, switching XX with YY induces a derived isomorphism between the generalized Khovanov homology of a link LL with its dual version, i.e. the homology of the mirror image L!L^!, and we compute an explicit formula for this map. When specialized to integers it descends to a duality isomorphism for odd Khovanov homology, which was conjectured by A. Shumakovitch.

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@article{arxiv.1407.5987,
  title  = {Mirror links have dual odd and generalized Khovanov homology},
  author = {Wojciech Lubawski and Krzysztof K. Putyra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5987},
  year   = {2016}
}

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18 pages