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A Bar-Natan homotopy type

Geometric Topology 2025-10-08 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

A spatial refinement of Bar-Natan homology is given, that is, for any link diagram DD we construct a CW-spectrum XBN(D)\mathcal{X}_{\mathit{BN}}(D) whose reduced cellular cochain complex gives the Bar-Natan complex of DD. The stable homotopy type of XBN(D)\mathcal{X}_{\mathit{BN}}(D) is a link invariant and is described as the wedge sum of the canonical cells. We conjecture that the quantum filtration of Bar-Natan homology also lifts to the spatial level, and that it leads us to a cohomotopical refinement of the ss-invariant.

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@article{arxiv.2102.07529,
  title  = {A Bar-Natan homotopy type},
  author = {Taketo Sano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.07529},
  year   = {2025}
}

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49 pages

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