Functoriality of Khovanov homology

DOI10.1142/S0218216520500200zbMATH Open1481.57020arXiv1505.04545MaRDI QIDQ5111677FDOQ5111677

Pierre Vogel

Publication date: 27 May 2020

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we prove that every Khovanov homology associated to a Frobenius algebra of rank $2$ can be modified in such a way as to produce a TQFT on oriented links, that is a monoidal functor from the category of cobordisms of oriented links to the homotopy category of complexes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.04545

zbMATH Keywords

Khovanov homologyFrobenius algebramonoidal functorcobordism of oriented links

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homology theories in knot theory (Khovanov, Heegaard-Floer, etc.) (57K18)

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