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Examples of knots and links distinguished by the total rank of their Khovanov homology but sharing the same two-fold branched cover are given. As a result, Khovanov homology does not yield an invariant of two-fold branched covers.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-07-14 Liam Watson

We study Khovanov homology over the Frobenius algebra $\mathbb{F}[U,V,X]/((X-U)(X-V))$, or $U(1) \times U(1)$-equivariant Khovanov homology, and extract two families of concordance invariants using the algebraic $U$-power and $V$-power…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-10-20 Rostislav Akhmechet , Melissa Zhang

We prove a rank inequality on the instanton knot homology and the Khovanov homology of a link in $S^3$. The key step of the proof is to construct a spectral sequence relating Baldwin-Levine-Sarkar's pointed Khovanov homology to a singular…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-09-26 Yi Xie

We construct knot invariants categorifying the quantum knot variants for all representations of quantum groups. We show that these invariants coincide with previous invariants defined by Khovanov for sl_2 and sl_3 and by Mazorchuk-Stroppel…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Ben Webster

We modify the definition of the Khovanov complex for oriented links in a thickening of an oriented surface to obtain a triply graded homological link invariant with a new homotopical grading.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-01-21 Vassily Olegovich Manturov , Igor Nikonov

Inspired by the notions of local equivalence in monopole and Heegaard Floer homology, we introduce a version of local equivalence that combines odd Khovanov homology with equivariant even Khovanov homology into an algebraic package called a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Nathan M. Dunfield , Robert Lipshitz , Dirk Schuetz

In a previous work, we defined an unoriented skein exact triangle in unoriented link Floer homology. In this paper, we iterate a modified version of this exact triangle and obtain a spectral sequence from various versions of Khovanov…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Gheehyun Nahm

We study the $S_n$-equivariant log-concavity of the cohomology of flag varieties, also known as the coinvariant ring of $S_n$. Using the theory of representation stability, we give computer-assisted proofs of the equivariant log-concavity…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2022-05-13 Tao Gui

We introduce the notion of a Khovanov-Floer theory. Roughly, such a theory assigns a filtered chain complex over Z/2 to a link diagram such that (1) the E_2 page of the resulting spectral sequence is naturally isomorphic to the Khovanov…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-06-19 John A. Baldwin , Matthew Hedden , Andrew Lobb

Khovanov-Floer theories are a class of homological link invariants which admit spectral sequences from Khovanov homology. They include Khovanov homology, Szab{\'o}'s geometric link homology, singular instanton homology, and various Floer…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-06-15 Adam Saltz

Beliakova-Putyra-Wehrli studied various kinds of traces, in relation to annular Khovanov homology. In particular, to a graded algebra and a graded bimodule over it, they associate a quantum Hochschild homology of the algebra with…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-11-02 Robert Lipshitz

In this paper, we study the Khovanov homology of cable links. We first estimate the maximal homological degree term of the Khovanov homology of the ($2k+1$, $(2k+1)n$)-torus link and give a lower bound of its homological thickness.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-03-20 Keiji Tagami

A periodic link, is link in $S^3$ with action of $\mathbb{Z}_p$ by rotation with $2\pi/p$ around a fixed unknot $U$. The equivariant Khovanov homology of periodic links has been studied in \cite{BP17}. We prove that the equivariant Khovanov…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Siavash Jafarizadeh

We discuss twists on Frobenius algebras in the context of link homology. In his paper in 2006, Khovanov asserted that a twist of a Frobenius algebra yields an isomorphic chain complex on each link diagram. Although the result has been…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Noboru Ito , Keita Nakagane , Jun Yoshida

We introduce a refinement of Bar-Natan homology for involutive links, extending the work of Lobb-Watson and Sano. We construct a new suite of numerical invariants and derive bounds for the genus of equivariant cobordisms between strongly…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-07-21 Maciej Borodzik , Irving Dai , Abhishek Mallick , Matthew Stoffregen

This is an expository paper discussing various versions of Khovanov homology theories, interrelations between them, their properties, and their applications to other areas of knot theory and low-dimensional topology.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-01-31 Alexander Shumakovitch

Ozsvath and Szabo recently constructed an algebraically defined invariant of tangles which takes the form of a DA bimodule. This invariant is expected to compute knot Floer homology. The authors have a similar construction for open braids…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-09-10 Akram Alishahi , Nathan Dowlin

We show if $L$ is any link in $S^3$ whose Khovanov homology is isomorphic to the Khovanov homology of $T(2,6)$ then $L$ is isotopic to $T(2,6)$. We show this for unreduced Khovanov homology with $\mathbb{Z}$ coefficients.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-05-07 Gage Martin

We construct knot invariants categorifying the quantum knot variants for all representations of quantum groups. We show that these invariants coincide with previous invariants defined by Khovanov for sl(2) and sl(3) and by…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-05-06 Ben Webster

We describe a strategy for constructing reduced Khovanov homology for links in lens spaces by generalizing a symplectic interpretation of reduced Khovanov homology for links in $S^3$ due to Hedden, Herald, Hogancamp, and Kirk. The strategy…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-11-01 David Boozer