Generic deformations of the colored \(\mathfrak {sl}(N)\)-homology for links (Q633887)

\textit{M. Khovanov} and \textit{L. Rozansky}, in [Fundam. Math. 199, 1--91 (2008; Zbl 1145.57009)], defined an \(\mathfrak{sl}(N)\)-homology for links that categorifies the HOMFLY-PT polynomial. (Khovanov homology is recovered as the \(N=2\) case.) Khovanov and Rozansky's construction was generalized by the author in [A colored \(\mathfrak{sl}(N)\)-homology for links in \(S^3\); \url{arXiv:0907.0695}]. Both of these categorifications use the Murakami-Ohtsuki-Yamada (MOY) calculus to describe the quantum \(\mathfrak{sl}(N)\) link invariant, and are defined by associating a matrix factorization with potential induced by \(X^{N+1}\) to a MOY graph. By using potentials induced by polynomials of the form \[ P(X)=X^{N+1}+ \sum_{k=1}^N (-1)^k \frac{N+1}{N+1-k} b_k X^{N+1-k}, \] where each \(b_k\in \mathbb{C}\), one can obtain deformations of Khovanov homology [\textit{E. S. Lee}, Adv. Math. 197, 554--586 (2005; Zbl 1080.57015)], \(\mathfrak{sl}(N)\)-homology [\textit{B. Gornik}, Note on Khovanov link homology; \url{arXiv:math.QA/0402266}], and colored \(\mathfrak{sl}(N)\)-homology [\textit{H. Wu}, Equivariant colored \(\mathfrak{sl}(N)\)-homology for links; \url{arXiv:1002.2662}]. The main result of the paper under review is the construction of a basis for deformations of the colored \(\mathfrak{sl}(N)\)-homology, \(H_P(L)\), with potential induced by \(P(X)\). It is shown that \(H_P(L)\) admits a decomposition of the form \[ H_P(L)=\bigoplus \mathbb{C} \cdot v_{\psi}, \] where the direct sum is over a particular set of states, and the \(v_{\psi}\) are in \(H_P(L)\). Moreover, this decomposition is invariant under Reidemeister moves. The author applies this result to establish dualities between generic deformations of the \(\mathfrak{sl}(N)\)-homology of certain colored links by constructing nondegenerate pairings and copairings. Also, colored \(\mathfrak{sl}(N)\)-Rasmussen invariants are introduced and studied. In particular these invariants are shown to vanish on amphicheiral knots, and bounds for slice genus and linking numbers are given.