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We describe a modification of Khovanov homology (math.QA/9908171), in the spirit of Bar-Natan (math.GT/0410495), which makes the theory properly functorial with respect to link cobordisms. This requires introducing `disorientations' in the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 David Clark , Scott Morrison , Kevin Walker

We prove full functoriality of Khovanov homology for tangled framed gl2 webs. We use this functoriality result to prove a strong positivity result for (orientable) surface skein algebras. The argument goes categorical and consists in…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Hoel Queffelec

We show that the spectrum constructed by Everitt and Turner as a possible Khovanov homotopy type is a product of Eilenberg-MacLane spaces and is thus determined by Khovanov homology. By using the Dold-Thom functor it can therefore be…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-12-13 Brent Everitt , Robert Lipshitz , Sucharit Sarkar , Paul Turner

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

We analyze the functorial and multiplicative properties of the Thom spectrum functor in the setting of symmetric spectra, and we establish the relevant homotopy invariance.

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2010-01-19 Christian Schlichtkrull

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

We construct equivariant Khovanov spectra for periodic links, using the Burnside functor construction introduced by Lawson, Lipshitz, and Sarkar. By identifying the fixed-point sets, we obtain rank inequalities for odd and even Khovanov…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-07-24 Matthew Stoffregen , Melissa Zhang

It is a deep fact that the homotopy classification of topological manifolds is convariantly functorial. In other words, a map from a topological manifold M to another N naturally induces a map from the structure set S(M) to S(N). We extend…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Sylvain Cappell , Shmuel Weinberger , Min Yan

Khovanov homology and singular instanton Floer homology are both functorial with respect to link cobordisms. Although the two homology groups are related by a spectral sequence, direct correspondence between the cobordism maps has not been…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Hayato Imori , Taketo Sano , Kouki Sato , Masaki Taniguchi

It was proven by Gonz\'alez-Meneses, Manch\'on and Silvero that the extreme Khovanov homology of a link diagram is isomorphic to the reduced (co)homology of the independence simplicial complex obtained from a bipartite circle graph…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-08-11 Jozef H. Przytycki , Marithania Silvero

The Blanchet link homology theory is an oriented model of Khovanov homology, functorial over the integers with respect to link cobordisms. We formulate a stable homotopy refinement of the Blanchet theory, based on a comparison of the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-07-31 Vyacheslav Krushkal , Paul Wedrich

In this paper, we give a new construction of a Khovanov homotopy type. We show that this construction gives a space stably homotopy equivalent to the Khovanov homotopy types constructed in [LS14a] and [HKK] and, as a corollary, that those…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-09-30 Tyler Lawson , Robert Lipshitz , Sucharit Sarkar

Knot data analysis (KDA), which studies data with curve-type structures such as knots, links, and tangles, has emerging as a promising geometric topology approach in data science. While evolutionary Khovanov homology has been developed to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Jian Liu , Li Shen , Guo-Wei Wei

We describe spectral model category structures on the categories of cyclotomic spectra and $p$-cyclotomic spectra (in orthogonal spectra) with triangulated homotopy categories. We show that the functors $TR$ and $TC$ are corepresentable in…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2020-12-17 Andrew J. Blumberg , Michael A. Mandell

We investigate group actions on homotopy coherent diagrams. This is used to prove an equivalence between realizations of equivariant cubical flow categories and external actions on Burnside functors. In particular, the results imply that…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-02-01 Jakub Paliga

We show a spectral sequence for the rational Khovanov homology of an oriented link in terms of the rational Khovanov complexes and homologies of the link surgeries along an admissible cut. As a non trivial corollary, we give an explicit…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-11-07 Juan Manuel Burgos

We provide a unified framework for proving Reidemeister-invariance and functoriality for a wide range of link homology theories. These include Lee homology, Heegaard Floer homology of branched double covers, singular instanton homology, and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-05-04 Adam Saltz

By adding or removing appropriate structures to Gauss diagram, one can create useful objects related to virtual links. In this paper few objects of this kind are studied: twisted virtual links generalizing virtual links; signed chord…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Oleg Viro

We prove that Khovanov homology is an invariant of links in unparametrized $\mathbb{RP}^3$'s, i.e., oriented $3$-manifolds diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{RP}^3$. Along the way, we establish the functoriality of Khovanov homology for link…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Qiuyu Ren , Hongjian Yang

In homotopy theory, exact sequences and spectral sequences consist of groups and pointed sets, linked by actions. We prove that the theory of such exact and spectral sequences can be established in a categorical setting which is based on…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2010-07-06 Marco Grandis