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We define a new homology theory we call symbol homology by using decorated moduli spaces of Whitney polygons. By decorating different types of moduli spaces we obtain different flavors of this homology theory together with morphisms between…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-11-18 Bijan Sahamie

We prove that the knot Floer homology of a fibered knot is nontrivial in its next-to-top Alexander grading. Immediate applications include new proofs of Krcatovich's result that knots with $L$-space surgeries are prime and Hedden and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-10-24 John A. Baldwin , David Shea Vela-Vick

We show that a decorated knot concordance $\mathcal{C}$ from $K_0$ to $K_1$ induces an $\mathbb{F}[U]$-module homomorphism \[G_{\mathcal{C}}: HFK^{-}(-S^3,K_0) \to HFK^{-}(-S^3,K_1)\] which preserves the Alexander and absolute…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-11-17 Lev Tovstopyat-Nelip

We introduce a simple combinatorial method for computing all versions of the knot Floer homology of the preimage of a two-bridge knot K(p,q) inside its double-branched cover, -L(p,q). The 4-pointed genus 1 Heegaard diagram we obtain looks…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. Elisenda Grigsby

Martin showed that link Floer homology detects braid axes. In this paper we extend this result to give a topological characterisation of links which are almost braided from the point of view of link Floer homology. The result is inspired by…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-05-21 Fraser Binns , Subhankar Dey

We discuss a relationship between Khovanov- and Heegaard Floer-type homology theories for braids. Explicitly, we define a filtration on the bordered Heegaard-Floer homology bimodule associated to the double-branched cover of a braid and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-07-19 Denis Auroux , J. Elisenda Grigsby , Stephan M. Wehrli

Given an equivariant knot $K$ of order $2$, we study the induced action of the symmetry on the knot Floer homology. We relate this action with the induced action of the symmetry on the Heegaard Floer homology of large surgeries on $K$. This…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-01-20 Abhishek Mallick

We introduce an invariant of tangles in Khovanov homology by considering a natural inverse system of Khovanov homology groups. As application, we derive an invariant of strongly invertible knots; this invariant takes the form of a graded…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-04-07 Liam Watson

We prove that if two knots are concordant, their involutive knot Floer complexes satisfy a certain type of stable equivalence.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-08-23 Kristen Hendricks , Jennifer Hom

Quasi-alternating links are a natural generalization of alternating links. In this paper, we show that quasi-alternating links are "homologically thin" for both Khovanov homology and knot Floer homology. In particular, their bigraded…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-03-26 Ciprian Manolescu , Peter Ozsvath

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

Link Floer homology is an invariant for links defined using a suitable version of Lagrangian Floer homology. In an earlier paper, this invariant was given a combinatorial description with mod 2 coefficients. In the present paper, we give a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Ciprian Manolescu , Peter Ozsvath , Zoltan Szabo , Dylan Thurston

An immersed concordance between two links is a concordance with possible self-intersections. Given an immersed concordance we construct a smooth four-dimensional cobordism between surgeries on links. By applying $d$-invariant inequalities…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-07-03 Maciej Borodzik , Eugene Gorsky

We define the reduced Khovanov homology of an open book (S,h), and we identify a distinguished "contact element" in this group which may be used to establish the tightness or non-fillability of contact structures compatible with (S,h). Our…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-09-26 John A. Baldwin , Olga Plamenevskaya

This article is a survey on the authors' proof of the isomorphism between Heegaard Floer homology and embedded contact homology appeared in This article is a survey on the authors' proof of the isomorphism between Heegaard Floer homology…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-11-10 Paolo Ghiggini , Vincent Colin , Ko Honda

Link homology theories (such as knot Floer homology and Khovanov homology) have become indispensable tools for studying knots and links, including powerful 4-dimensional obstructions. These notes, based on lectures given at the 2024 Georgia…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Kyle Hayden

The Khovanov homology of a link in $S^3$ and the Heegaard Floer homology of its branched double cover are related through a spectral sequence constructed by Ozsv\'ath and Szab\'o. This spectral sequence has topological applications but is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-07-17 Adam Saltz

We construct a spectral sequence relating the Khovanov homology of a strongly invertible knot to the annular Khovanov homologies of the two natural quotient knots. Using this spectral sequence, we re-prove that Khovanov homology…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Robert Lipshitz , Sucharit Sarkar

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

When does the double cover of the three-sphere branched along an alternating link bound a rational homology ball? Heegaard Floer homology generates a necessary condition for it to bound: the link's chessboard lattice must be cubiquitous,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-07-26 Joshua Evan Greene , Brendan Owens