Khovanov homology and cobordisms between split links

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Abstract: In this paper, we study the (in)sensitivity of the Khovanov functor to four-dimensional linking of surfaces. We prove that if L and L are split links, and C is a cobordism between L and L that is the union of disjoint (but possibly linked) cobordisms between the components of L and the components of L, then the map on Khovanov homology induced by C is completely determined by the maps induced by the individual components of C and does not detect the linking between the components. As a corollary, we prove that a strongly homotopy-ribbon concordance (i.e., a concordance whose complement can be built with only 1- and 2-handles) induces an injection on Khovanov homology, which generalizes a result of the second author and Zemke. Additionally, we show that a non-split link cannot be ribbon concordant to a split link.









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