Homological Link Invariants from Floer Theory

Abstract: There is a generalization of Heegaard-Floer theory from

{m a t h f r a k g l}_{1 | 1}

to other Lie (super)algebras

^{L} m a t h f r a k g

. The corresponding category of A-branes is solvable explicitly and categorifies quantum

U_{q} (^{L} m a t h f r a k g)

link invariants. The theory was discovered in cite{A1,A2}, using homological mirror symmetry. It has novel features, including equivariance and, if

^{L} m a t h f r a k g e q {m a t h f r a k g l}_{1 | 1}

, coefficients in categories. In this paper, we describe the theory and how it is solved in detail in the two simplest cases: the

{m a t h f r a k g l}_{1 | 1}

theory itself, categorifying the Alexander polynomial, and the

{m a t h f r a k s u}_{2}

theory, categorifying the Jones polynomial. Our approach to solving the theory is new, even in the familiar

{m a t h f r a k g l}_{1 | 1}

case.

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