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A conjecture of Shumakovitch states that every nontrivial knot has 2-torsion in its Khovanov homology. We show that if a knot $K$ has no 2-torsion in its Khovanov homology, then the rank of its reduced Khovanov homology is minimal among all…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-11-05 Onkar Singh Gujral , Joshua Wang

We extend knot contact homology to a theory over the ring $\mathbb{Z}[\lambda^{\pm 1},\mu^{\pm 1}]$, with the invariant given topologically and combinatorially. The improved invariant, which is defined for framed knots in $S^3$ and can be…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-06-11 Lenhard Ng

We give new proofs that Khovanov homology detects the figure eight knot and the cinquefoils, and that HOMFLY homology detects $5_2$ and each of the $P(-3,3,2n+1)$ pretzel knots. For all but the figure eight these mostly follow the same…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-09-10 John A. Baldwin , Steven Sivek

We apply the theory of "peculiar modules" for the Floer homology of 4-ended tangles developed by Zibrowius (specifically, the immersed curve interpretation of the tangle invariants) to compute the Knot Floer Homology ($\widehat{HFK}$) of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Konstantinos Varvarezos

This short note is about three-stranded pretzel knots that have an even number of crossings in one of the strands. We calculate the braid index of such knots and determine which of them are quasipositive. The main tools are the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Lukas Lewark

Quasi-alternating links are homologically thin for both Khovanov homology and knot Floer homology. We show that every quasi-alternating link gives rise to an infinite family of quasi-alternating links obtained by replacing a crossing with…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-04-22 Abhijit Champanerkar , Ilya Kofman

We explore properties of braids such as their fractional Dehn twist coefficients, right-veeringness, and quasipositivity, in relation to the transverse invariant from Khovanov homology defined by Plamenevskaya for their closures, which are…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-05-18 Diana Hubbard , Christine Ruey Shan Lee

In this paper we show that the non-alternating torus knots are homologically thick, i.e. that their Khovanov homology occupies at least three diagonals. Furthermore, we show that we can reduce the number of full twists of the torus knot…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Marko Stosic

We compute the triply graded Khovanov-Rozansky homology of a family of links, including positive torus links and $\operatorname{Sym}^l$-colored torus knots.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Matthew Hogancamp , Anton Mellit

Gonz\'alez-Meneses, Manch\'on, and Silvero showed that the (hypothetical) extreme Khovanov homology of a link diagram is isomorphic to the reduced (co)homology of the independence simplicial complex of its Lando graph. Przytycki and Silvero…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-10-04 Jinseok Oh , Mark H. Siggers , Seung Yeop Yang , Hongdae Yun

We use deep neural networks to machine learn correlations between knot invariants in various dimensions. The three-dimensional invariant of interest is the Jones polynomial $J(q)$, and the four-dimensional invariants are the Khovanov…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-22 Jessica Craven , Mark Hughes , Vishnu Jejjala , Arjun Kar

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

In a previous work, we defined an unoriented skein exact triangle in unoriented link Floer homology. In this paper, we iterate a modified version of this exact triangle and obtain a spectral sequence from various versions of Khovanov…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Gheehyun Nahm

We prove a rank inequality on the instanton knot homology and the Khovanov homology of a link in $S^3$. The key step of the proof is to construct a spectral sequence relating Baldwin-Levine-Sarkar's pointed Khovanov homology to a singular…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-09-26 Yi Xie

Using derived categories of equivariant coherent sheaves we construct a knot homology theory which categorifies the quantum sl(m) knot polynomial. Our knot homology naturally satisfies the categorified MOY relations and is conjecturally…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Sabin Cautis , Joel Kamnitzer

A homogeneous knot is a generalization of alternating knots and positive knots. We determine the Rasmussen invariant of a homogeneous knot. This is a new class of knots such that the Rasmussen invariant is explicitly described in terms of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-03-30 Tetsuya Abe

Using the method of Elias-Hogancamp and combinatorics of toric braids we give an explicit formula for the triply graded Khovanov-Rozansky homology of an arbitrary torus knot, thereby proving some of the conjectures of Aganagic-Shakirov,…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2022-04-20 Anton Mellit

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 investigate several conjectures in geometric topology by assembling computer data obtained by studying weaving knots, a doubly infinite family $W(p,n)$ of examples of hyperbolic knots. In particular, we compute some important polynomial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-05-09 Rama Mishra , Ross Staffeldt

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