Grid diagrams and shellability (Q1758726)

In this paper, the author shows that combinatorial knot Floer complex associated to a grid diagram \(G\) can be seen as the chain complex naturally associated to a graded locally thin poset \(P_G\), canonically derived from \(G\). The poset of closed intervals of \(P_G\) is moreover proved to be shellable. Knot Floer homology is a link invariant developed by \textit{P. Ozsváth} and \textit{Z. Szabó} in [Adv. Math. 186, No. 1, 58--116 (2004; Zbl 1062.57019)]. It has been given a combinatorial description in [\textit{C. Manolescu} et al., Geom. Topol. 11, 2339--2412 (2007; Zbl 1155.57030)] which is based on a grid diagram description of the link. In [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 260, 159--183 (1980; Zbl 0441.06002)] and [Europ. J. Comb. 5, 7--16 (1984; Zbl 0538.06001)], \textit{A. Björner} developed an homology theory for graded partially ordered sets (posets) satisfying suitable conditions, namely local thinness. Section 2 of the paper is a review of this construction. In section 3, the author shows that combinatorial knot Floer homology can be seen as an application of A. Björner's theory. The outlook of the author is to associate a canonical stable homotopy type for any grid diagram. Indeed, section 4 is devoted to the proof that closed intervals of \(P_G\) is shellable and section 5 shows how this combinatorial data induces a flow category (in PL framework). But, following [\textit{R. L. Cohen}, \textit{J. D. S. Jones} and \textit{G. B. Segal}, Hofer, Helmut (ed.) et al., The Floer memorial volume. Basel: Birkhäuser. Prog. Math. 133, 297--325 (1995; Zbl 0843.58019)], one can associate a homotopy type to any framed flow category -- this idea is also used for Khovanov homology by the author and \textit{R. Lipshitz} in [``A Khovanov homotopy type'', (2011), \url{arXiv:1112.3932}]. Hopes are now to understand how a grid diagram may produce a natural framing on its associated flow category.