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We introduce a new version of symplectic annular Khovanov homology and establish spectral sequences from (i) the symplectic annular Khovanov homology of a knot to the link Floer homology of the lift of the annular axis in the double…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Kristen Hendricks , Cheuk Yu Mak , Sriram Raghunath

In 2001, Khovanov and Seidel constructed a faithful action of the (m+1)-strand braid group on the derived category of left modules over a quiver algebra, A_m. We interpret the Hochschild homology of the Khovanov-Seidel braid invariant as a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-08-21 Denis Auroux , J. Elisenda Grigsby , Stephan M. Wehrli

Lawrence Roberts, extending the work of Ozsvath-Szabo, showed how to associate to a link, L, in the complement of a fixed unknot, B, in S^3, a spectral sequence from the Khovanov homology of a link in a thickened annulus to the knot Floer…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-03-25 J. Elisenda Grigsby , Stephan M. Wehrli

Cobordisms are naturally bigraded and we show that this grading extends to Khovanov homology, making it a triply graded theory. Although the new grading does not make the homology a stronger invariant, it can be used to show that odd…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-01-22 Krzysztof K. Putyra

Two link diagrams on compact surfaces are strongly equivalent if they are related by Reidemeister moves and orientation preserving homeomorphisms of the surfaces. They are stably equivalent if they are related by the two previous operations…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-11-30 Keiji Tagami

Given a knot, we ask how its Khovanov and Khovanov-Rozansky homologies change under the operation of introducing twists in a pair of strands. We obtain long exact sequences in homology and further algebraic structure which is then used to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-08-01 Andrew Lobb

In this survey article, we discuss several different knot concordance invariants coming from the Heegaard Floer homology package of Ozsvath and Szabo. Along the way, we prove that if two knots are concordant, then their knot Floer complexes…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-08-16 Jennifer Hom

A link homology is defined that is independent of link diagrams. This diagramless homology is closely related to Khovanov homology.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-11-16 Adam McDougall

In this note we present an explicit isomorphism between Khovanov-Rozansky $sl_2$-homology and ordinary Khovanov homology. This result was originally stated in Khovanov and Rozansky's paper \cite{KRI}, though the details have yet to appear…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-05-15 Mark C. Hughes

A discussion given to the question of extending Khovanov homology from links to embedded graphs, by using the Kauffman topological invariant of embedded graphs by associating family of links and knots to a such graph by using some local…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2013-08-13 Ahmad Zainy Al-Yasry

We define a deformation of our earlier link homologies for fundamental representations of sl_m. The deformed homology of a link is isomorphic to the deformed homology of the disjoint union of its components. Moreover, there exists a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-28 Sabin Cautis , Joel Kamnitzer

We define band maps in unoriented link Floer homology and show that they form an unoriented skein exact triangle. These band maps are similar to the band maps in equivariant Khovanov homology given by the Lee deformation. As a key tool, we…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-05-05 Gheehyun Nahm

We construct an equivariant colored sl(N)-homology for links, which generalizes both the colored sl(N)-homology defined by the author and the equivariant sl(N)-homology defined by Krasner. The construction is a straightforward…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-03-02 Hao Wu

Link Floer homology is an invariant for links which has recently been described entirely in a combinatorial way. Originally constructed with mod 2 coefficients, it was generalized to integer coefficients thanks to a sign refinement. In this…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Étienne Gallais

The Benard-Conway invariant of links in the 3-sphere is a Casson-Lin type invariant defined by counting irreducible SU(2) representations of the link group with fixed meridional traces. For two-component links with linking number one, the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Zedan Liu , Nikolai Saveliev

In principle, Floer theory can be extended to define homotopy invariants of families of equivalent objects (e.g. Hamiltonian isotopic symplectomorphisms, 3-manifolds, Legendrian knots, etc.) parametrized by a smooth manifold B. The…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Michael Hutchings

The WRT invariant of a link L in S2xS1 at sufficiently high values of the level r can be expresses as an evaluation of a special polynomial invariant of L at 2r-th root of unity. We categorify this polynomial invariant by associating to L a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-11-10 Lev Rozansky

In the integral Khovanov homology of links, the presence of odd torsion is rare. Homologically thin links, that is links whose Khovanov homology is supported on two adjacent diagonals, are known to only contain $\mathbb{Z}_2$ torsion. In…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Alex Chandler , Adam M. Lowrance , Radmila Sazdanovic , Victor Summers

In this paper we define the 1,2-coloured HOMFLY-PT link homology and prove that it is a link invariant. We conjecture that this homology categorifies the coloured HOMFLY-PT polynomial for links whose components are labelled 1 or 2.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2008-09-02 Marco Mackaay , Marko Stosic , Pedro Vaz

Let L be a null homologous link in $\mathbb{RP}^3$. We define Khovanov-type homologies of L which depend on an extra input $\alpha = (V_0,V_1,f,g)$ consisting of two graded vectors spaces and two maps between them. With some specific choice…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-04-13 Daren Chen