A Legendrian Thurston-Bennequin bound from Khovanov homology

DOI10.2140/agt.2005.5.1637zbMath1091.57009arXivmath/0508649OpenAlexW3102277934MaRDI QIDQ813180

Lenhard L. Ng

Publication date: 30 January 2006

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508649

zbMATH Keywords

Thurston-Bennequin numberalternating linkKhovanov homologyLegendrian link

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• KnotTheory
• Khoho
• KnotInfo
• Knotscape

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