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We prove that Khovanov homology with coefficients in $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ detects the $(2,5)$ torus knot. Our proof makes use of a wide range of deep tools in Floer homology, Khovanov homology, and Khovanov homotopy. We combine these…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-04-10 John A. Baldwin , Ying Hu , Steven Sivek

To a link L in the 3-sphere, we associate a spectral sequence whose E^2 page is the reduced Khovanov homology of L and which converges to a version of the monopole Floer homology of the branched double cover. The pages E^k for k > 1 depend…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-11-20 Jonathan M. Bloom

A special class of braids, called woven, is introduced and it is shown that every conjugation class of the braid group contains woven braids. In consequence, links can be presented as plats or closures of woven braids. Restricting on knots,…

q-alg · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Jan A. Kneissler

We define an annular concordance invariant and study its properties. When specialized to braids, this invariant gives bounds on band rank. We introduce a modified chain complex to reformulate the invariant. Then, by focusing on a special…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-01-26 Apratim Chakraborty

We prove that, for a link $L$ in a rational homology 3--sphere, the link Floer homology detects the Thurston norm of its complement. This generalizes the previous results due to Ozsv\'ath, Szab\'o and the author.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Yi Ni

Khovanov-Floer theories are a class of homological link invariants which admit spectral sequences from Khovanov homology. They include Khovanov homology, Szab{\'o}'s geometric link homology, singular instanton homology, and various Floer…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-06-15 Adam Saltz

Ozsvath and Szabo proved that knot Floer homology determines the genera of knots in S^3. We will generalize this deep result to links in homology 3-spheres, by adapting their method. Our proof relies on a result of Gabai and some…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-03-17 Yi Ni

In this paper we introduce a chain complex $C_{1 \pm 1}(D)$ where D is a plat braid diagram for a knot K. This complex is inspired by knot Floer homology, but it the construction is purely algebraic. It is constructed as an oriented cube of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-11-01 Akram Alishahi , Nathan Dowlin

In two previous papers, the author showed how to decompose the Khovanov homology of a link $\mathcal{L}$ into the algebraic pairing of a type D structure and a type A structure (as defined in bordered Floer homology), whenever a diagram for…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-01-23 Lawrence Roberts

Given a band sum of a split two-component link along a nontrivial band, we obtain a family of knots indexed by the integers by adding any number of full twists to the band. We show that the knots in this family have the same Heegaard knot…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-02-01 Joshua Wang

We define and study a family of link invariants $\mathit{HFK}_{n}(L)$. Although these homology theories are defined using holomorphic disc counts, they share many properties with $sl_{n}$ homology. Using these theories, we give a framework…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-04-11 Nathan Dowlin

Inspired by work of Lipshitz-Sarkar, we show that the module structure on link Floer homology detects split links. Using results of Ni, Alishahi-Lipshitz, and Lipshitz-Sarkar, we establish an analogous detection result for sutured Floer…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-07-01 Joshua Wang

It was recently proved by several authors that ribbon concordances induce injective maps in knot Floer homology, Khovanov homology, and the Heegaard Floer homology of the branched double cover. We give a simple proof of a similar statement…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-12-11 Sungkyung Kang

In the Khovanov homology of links, presence of $\mathbb{Z}_2$-torsion is a very common phenomenon. Finite number of examples of knots with $\mathbb{Z}_n$-torsion for $n>2$ were also known, none for $n>8$. In this paper, we prove that there…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-01-19 Sujoy Mukherjee , Józef H. Przytycki , Marithania Silvero , Xiao Wang , Seung Yeop Yang

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

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 make use of link Floer homology to study cobordisms between links embedded in 4-dimensional ribbon homology cobordisms. Combining results of Daemi--Lidman--Vela-Vick--Wong and Zemke, we show that ribbon homology concordances induce split…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Gary Guth

We construct a spectral sequence from the reduced odd Khovanov homology of a link converging to the framed instanton homology of the double cover branched over the link, with orientation reversed. Framed instanton homology counts certain…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Christopher W. Scaduto

We establish an isomorphism between the Khovanov-Rozansky triply graded link homology and the geometric triply graded homology due to the authors. Hence we provide an interpretation of the Khovanov-Rozansky homology of the closure of a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-10-29 Alexei Oblomkov , Lev Rozansky

Ozsv\'ath and Szab\'o conjectured that knot Floer homology detects fibred knots in $S^3$. We will prove this conjecture for null-homologous knots in arbitrary closed 3--manifolds. Namely, if $K$ is a knot in a closed 3--manifold $Y$, $Y-K$…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Yi Ni