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We revisit Rozansky's construction of Khovanov homology for links in $S^2\times S^1$, extending it to define Khovanov homology $Kh(L)$ for links $L$ in $M^r=#^r(S^2\times S^1)$ for any $r$. The graded Euler characteristic of $Kh(L)$ can be…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-10-24 Michael Willis

We study symmetries in equivariant versions of Khovanov homology, which include (i) the construction of an involution $\widehat{\sigma}$ for the $U(2)$-equivariant theory, (ii) an integral lifting $\widehat{\nu}$ of the Shumakovitch…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Mikhail Khovanov , Taketo Sano

We compute the $E_2$ page in the Rasmussen spectral sequence from triply graded to $\mathfrak{gl}_N$ Khovanov--Rozansky stable homology of torus knots. This confirms a weak form of the conjecture of the second author, Oblomkov, and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-07-02 William Ballinger , Eugene Gorsky , Matthew Hogancamp , Joshua Wang

As proved by Hedden and Ording, there exist knots for which the Ozsvath-Szabo and Rasmussen smooth concordance invariants, tau and s, differ. The Hedden-Ording examples have nontrivial Alexander polynomials and are not topologically slice.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-10-18 Charles Livingston

We define a homology theory of virtual links built out of the direct sum of the standard Khovanov complex with itself, motivating the name doubled Khovanov homology. We demonstrate that it can be used to show that some virtual links are…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-08-15 William Rushworth

We review Bennequin type inequalities established using various versions of the Khovanov-Rozansky cohomology. Then we give a new proof of a Bennequin type inequality established by the author, and derive new Bennequin type inequalities for…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hao Wu

Khovanov introduced a cohomology theory for oriented classical links whose graded Euler characteristic is the Jones polynomial. Since Khovanov's theory is functorial for link cobordisms between classical links, we obtain an invariant of a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Kokoro Tanaka

We introduce a local algorithm for Khovanov Homology computations - that is, we explain how it is possible to "cancel" terms in the Khovanov complex associated with a ("local") tangle, hence canceling the many associated "global" terms in…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dror Bar-Natan

We refine Khovanov homology in the presence of an involution on the link. This refinement takes the form of a triply-graded theory, arising from a pair of filtrations. We focus primarily on strongly invertible knots and show, for instance,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-07-21 Andrew Lobb , Liam Watson

We offer a pedestrian level review of the wall-crossing invariants. The story begins from the scattering theory in quantum mechanics where the spectrum reshuffling can be related to permutations of S-matrices. In non-trivial situations,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 D. Galakhov , A. Mironov , A. Morozov

Asaeda-Przytycki-Sikora, Manturov, and Gabrov\v{s}ek extended Khovanov homology to links in $\mathbb{RP}^3$. We construct a Lee-type deformation of their theory, and use it to define an analogue of Rasmussen's s-invariant in this setting.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Ciprian Manolescu , Michael Willis

Motivated by the works of Krasner [arXiv:0801.4018] and Lobb [arXiv:1103.1412], we simplify the Khovanov-Rozansky chain complexes of open 2-braids. As an application, we show that, for a knot containing a "long" 2-braid, the sl(N) Rasmussen…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-06-26 Hao Wu

It is well-known that generic perturbations of the complex Frobenius algebra used to define Khovanov cohomology each give rise to Rasmussen's concordance invariant s. This gives a concordance homomorphism to the integers and a strong lower…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-04-29 Lukas Lewark , Andrew Lobb

Khovanov homology ist a new link invariant, discovered by M. Khovanov, and used by J. Rasmussen to give a combinatorial proof of the Milnor conjecture. In this thesis, we give examples of mutant links with different Khovanov homology. We…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-10-07 Stephan M. Wehrli

We consider an analogue of well-known Casson knot invariant for knotoids. We start with a direct analogue of the classical construction which gives two different integer-valued knotoid invariants and then focus on its homology extension.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-09-29 Vladimir Tarkaev

We exhibit a certain infinite family of three-stranded quasi-alternating pretzel knots which are counterexamples to Lobb's conjecture that the sl_3-knot concordance invariant s_3 (suitably normalised) should be equal to the Rasmussen…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Lukas Lewark

Computing polynomial invariants for knots and links using braid representations relies heavily on finding the trace of Hecke algebra elements. There is no easy method known for computing the trace and hence it becomes difficult to compute…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Rama Mishra , Hitesh Raundal

We study the classification of slice disks of knots up to isotopy and diffeomorphism using an invariant in knot Floer homology. We compute the invariant of a slice disk obtained by deform-spinning, and show that it can be effectively used…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-12-12 András Juhász , Ian Zemke

Skew polynomials are a class of non-commutative polynomials that have several applications in computer science, coding theory and cryptography. In particular, skew polynomials can be used to construct and decode evaluation codes in several…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-21 Hannes Bartz , Thomas Jerkovits

By using grid homology theory, we give an explicit algorithm for computing Ozsv\'ath-Stipsicz-Szab\'o's $\Upsilon$-invariant and the $d$-invariant of Dehn surgeries along knots in $S^3$. As its application, we compute the two invariants for…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-02-24 Taketo Sano , Kouki Sato