Plumbing is a natural operation in Khovanov homology

arXiv1705.01931MaRDI QIDQ6286300FDOQ6286300

Authors: Thomas Kindred 

Publication date: 4 May 2017

Abstract: Given a connect sum of link diagrams, there is an isomorphism which decomposes unnormalized Khovanov chain groups for the product in terms of normalized chain groups for the factors; this isomorphism is straightforward to see on the level of chains. Similarly, any plumbing $x\ast y$ of Kauffman states carries an isomorphism of the chain subgroups generated by the enhancements of $x\ast y$, $x$, $y$: [ mathcal{C}_R(x*y) o left(mathcal{C}_{R,p o1}(x)otimes mathcal{C}_{R,p o1}(y) ight)oplusleft(mathcal{C}_{R,p o0}(x)otimes mathcal{C}_{R,p o0}(y) ight). ] We apply this plumbing of chains to to prove that every homogeneously adequate state has enhancements $X^{p}m$ in distinct $j$-gradings whose $A$-traces (which we define) represent nonzero Khovanov homology classes over $mathbb{F}_2$, and that this is also true over $mathbbZ$ when all $A$-blocks' state surfaces are two-sided. We construct $X^{p}m$ explicitly.

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