English
Related papers

Related papers: Remarks on Khovanov Homology and the Potts Model

200 papers

Khovanov homology offers a nontrivial generalization of Jones polynomial of links in R^3 (and of Kauffman bracket skein module of some 3-manifolds). In this chapter (Chapter X) we define Khovanov homology of links in R^3 and generalize the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jozef H. Przytycki

Let $\Delta$ be a trivial knot in the three-sphere. For every finite cyclic group $G$ of odd order, we construct a $G$-equivariant Khovanov homology with coefficients in the filed $\F_{2}$. This homology is an invariant of links up to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Nafaa Chbili

Khovanov homology is a recently introduced invariant of oriented links in $\mathbb{R}^3$. It categorifies the Jones polynomial in the sense that the (graded) Euler characteristic of the Khovanov homology is a version of the Jones polynomial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-06-20 Alexander N. Shumakovitch

Besides offering a friendly introduction to knot homologies and quantum curves, the goal of these lectures is to review some of the concrete predictions that follow from the physical interpretation of knot homologies. In particular, this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-28 Sergei Gukov , Ingmar Saberi

Khovanov homology is an invariant for links in the three sphere that categorizes the Jones polynomial. We extend Khovanov's construction to links in 3-manifolds that are connected sums of orientable interval bundles over surfaces. Cutting…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Alan Du

The purpose of this paper is to construct and study equivariant Khovanov homology - a version of Khovanov homology theory for periodic links. Since our construction works regardless of the characteristic of the coefficient ring it…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-01-28 Wojciech Politarczyk

Khovanov homology is a topological knot invariant that categorifies the Jones polynomial, recognizes the unknot, and is conjectured to appear as an observable in $4D$ supersymmetric Yang--Mills theory. Despite its rich mathematical and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Alexander Schmidhuber , Michele Reilly , Paolo Zanardi , Seth Lloyd , Aaron Lauda

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

In these notes, I will sketch a new approach to Khovanov homology of knots and links based on counting the solutions of certain elliptic partial differential equations in four and five dimensions. The equations are formulated on four and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-10-03 Edward Witten

This paper is an introduction to Khovanov homology, starting with the Kauffman bracket state summation, emphasizing the Bar-Natan Canopoloy and tangle cobordism approach. The paper discusses a simplicial approach to Khovanov homology and a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-04-20 Louis H. Kauffman

We describe an invariant of links in the three-sphere which is closely related to Khovanov's Jones polynomial homology. Our construction replaces the symmetric algebra appearing in Khovanov's definition with an exterior algebra. The two…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Peter Ozsvath , Jacob Rasmussen , Zoltan Szabo

In this paper we give a quantum statistical interpretation for the bracket polynomial state sum <K> and for the Jones polynomial. We use this quantum mechanical interpretation to give a new quantum algorithm for computing the Jones…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-01-31 Louis H. Kauffman

In the first of these two lectures, I use a comparison to symplectic Khovanov homology to motivate the idea that the Jones polynomial and Khovanov homology of knots can be defined by counting the solutions of certain elliptic partial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-02-01 Edward Witten

The purpose of this paper is to interpret polynomial invariants of strongly invertible links in terms of Khovanov homology theory. To a divide, that is a proper generic immersion of a finite number of copies of the unit interval and circles…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2010-02-26 Olivier Couture

We show that Khovanov homology (and its sl(3) variant) can be understood in the context of higher representation theory. Specifically, we show that the combinatorially defined foam constructions of these theories arise as a family of…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2015-12-01 Aaron D. Lauda , Hoel Queffelec , David E. V. Rose

Mikhail Khovanov in math.QA/9908171 defined, for a diagram of an oriented classical link, a collection of groups numerated by pairs of integers. These groups were constructed as homology groups of certain chain complexes. The Euler…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Oleg Viro

Khovanov homology, an invariant of links in $\mathbb{R}^3$, is a graded homology theory that categorifies the Jones polynomial in the sense that the graded Euler characteristic of the homology is the Jones polynomial. Asaeda, Przytycki and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-09-17 Boštjan Gabrovšek

In 1999, Khovanov showed that a link invariant known as the Jones polynomial is the Euler characteristic of a homology theory. The knot categorification problem is to find a general construction of knot homology groups, and to explain their…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-08-01 Mina Aganagic

The aim of this paper is two-fold. First, we give a fully geometric description of the HOMFLYPT homology of Khovanov-Rozansky. Our method is to construct this invariant in terms of the cohomology of various sheaves on certain algebraic…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Ben Webster , Geordie Williamson

M. Khovanov and L. Rozansky gave a categorification of the HOMFLY-PT polynomial. This study is a generalization of the Khovanov-Rozansky homology. We define a homology associated to the quantum $(sl_n,\land V_n)$ link invariant, where…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-02-27 Yasuyoshi Yonezawa
‹ Prev 1 2 3 10 Next ›