Knot homology and sheaves on the Hilbert scheme of points on the plane (Q1652899)

The authors construct for each braid a 2-periodic complex of quasi-coherent \(\mathbb{C}^{\ast} \times \mathbb{C}^{\ast}\)-equivariant sheaves on the non-commutative nested Hilbert scheme. They obtain a knot invariant: a triply graded vector space (hypercohomology) associated with the closure of the braid. It is proved to be a categorification of the HOMFLY-PT polynomial. This triply graded space is related to sheaves on the Hilbert scheme. The push-forward of the sheaf (with respect to the projection from the nested Hilbert scheme to the ordinary one) is proved to be an invariant of the conjugacy class of the braid.