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Inspired by the $S^n$ colored version of Khovanov and Khovanov-Rozansky homology, we define a colored version of knot Floer homology by studying the colimit of a directed system of link Floer homology with infinite full twists.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-01 Akram Alishahi , Eugene Gorsky , Beibei Liu

Given a knot, we ask how its Khovanov and Khovanov-Rozansky homologies change under the operation of introducing twists in a pair of strands. We obtain long exact sequences in homology and further algebraic structure which is then used to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-08-01 Andrew Lobb

We relate the stability of knot invariants under twisting a pair of strands to the stability of symmetric quivers under unlinking (or linking) operation. Starting from the HOMFLY-PT skein relations, we confirm the stable growth of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-27 Sachin Chauhan , Piotr Kucharski , Dmitry Noshchenko , Ramadevi Pichai , Vivek Kumar Singh , Marko Stošić

The Morse-Novikov number MN(L) of a smooth link L in the three-dimensional sphere is by definition the minimal possible number of critical points of a regular circle-valued Morse function on the link complement (the term regular means that…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hiroshi Goda , Andrei V. Pajitnov

Using the theory of perverse sheaves of vanishing cycles, we define a homological invariant of knots in three-manifolds, similar to the three-manifold invariant constructed by Abouzaid and the second author. We use spaces of SL(2,C) flat…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-06-19 Laurent Côté , Ciprian Manolescu

We give a simple recursion which computes the triply graded Khovanov-Rozansky homology of several infinite families of knots and links, including the $(n,nm\pm 1)$ and $(n,nm)$ torus links for $n,m\geq 1$. We interpret our results in terms…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-04-06 Matthew Hogancamp

In this paper, we define grid homologies for singular links in lens spaces and use them to construct a resolution cube for knot Floer homology of regular links in lens spaces. The results will first be proved over $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Yonghan Xiao

In this paper, we consider the knot complement problem for not null-homologous knots in homology lens spaces. Let $M$ be a homology lens space with $H_1(M; \mathbb{Z}) \cong \mathbb{Z}_p$ and $K$ a not null-homologous knot in $M$. We show…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-03-31 Kazuhiro Ichihara , Toshio Saito

We establish a direct map between refined topological vertex and sl(N) homological invariants of the of Hopf link, which include Khovanov-Rozansky homology as a special case. This relation provides an exact answer for homological invariants…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Sergei Gukov , Amer Iqbal , Can Kozcaz , Cumrun Vafa

We define a Khovanov-Lipshitz-Sarkar stable homotopy type for the homotopical Khovanov homology of links in the thickened torus after the authors introduced that in the case of higher genus surfaces in the previous paper of this one.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-18 Louis H. Kauffman , Igor Mikhailovich Nikonov , Eiji Ogasa

We give a fresh introduction to the Khovanov Homology theory for knots and links, with special emphasis on its extension to tangles, cobordisms and 2-knots. By staying within a world of topological pictures a little longer than in other…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Dror Bar-Natan

We apply our previous work on the relation between groupoid homology and K-theory to Smale spaces. More precisely, we consider the unstable equivalence relation of a Smale space with totally disconnected stable sets, and prove that the…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Valerio Proietti , Makoto Yamashita

Consider the space of `long knots' in R^n, K_{n,1}. This is the space of knots as studied by V. Vassiliev. Based on previous work of the authors, it follows that the rational homology of K_{3,1} is free Gerstenhaber-Poisson algebra. A…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-11-14 Ryan Budney , Frederick Cohen

For each positive integer n, Khovanov and Rozansky constructed an invariant of links in the form of a doubly-graded cohomology theory whose Euler characteristic is the sl(n) link polynomial. We use Lagrangian Floer cohomology on some…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ciprian Manolescu

We construct an enhanced version of knot contact homology, and show that we can deduce from it the group ring of the knot group together with the peripheral subgroup. In particular, it completely determines a knot up to smooth isotopy. The…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-02 Tobias Ekholm , Lenhard Ng , Vivek Shende

We use the knot homology of Khovanov and Lee to construct link concordance invariants generalizing the Rasmussen $s$-invariant of knots. The relevant invariant for a link is a filtration on a vector space of dimension $2^{|L|}$. The basic…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-08-14 John Pardon

We study the invariant of knots in lens spaces defined from quantum Chern-Simons theory. By means of the knot operator formalism, we derive a generalization of the Rosso-Jones formula for torus knots in L(p,1). In the second part of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-06-24 Sébastien Stevan

We investigate the concordance properties of `parallel links' P(K), given by the (2,0) cable of a knot K. We focus on the question: if P(K) is concordant to a split link, is K necessarily slice? We show that if P(K) is smoothly concordant…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-08-24 Daniel Ruberman , Saso Strle

We consider the question: "If the zero-framed surgeries on two oriented knots in the 3-sphere are integral homology cobordant, preserving the homology class of the positive meridians, are the knots themselves concordant?" We show that this…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-03-26 Tim D. Cochran , Bridget D. Franklin , Matthew Hedden , Peter D. Horn

We conjecture an expression for the dimensions of the Khovanov-Rozansky HOMFLY homology groups of the link of a plane curve singularity in terms of the weight polynomials of Hilbert schemes of points scheme-theoretically supported on the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Alexei Oblomkov , Jacob Rasmussen , Vivek Shende