On Khovanov complexes

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2020.107514MaRDI QIDQ820656zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Noboru Ito

Publication date 27 September 2021

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.03746

zbMATH Keywords

chain homotopyJones polynomialKauffman bracket polynomialKhovanov homologyReidemeister movesretraction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10) Knot polynomials (57K14) Finite-type and quantum invariants, topological quantum field theories (TQFT) (57K16) Homology theories in knot theory (Khovanov, Heegaard-Floer, etc.) (57K18)

Abstract: In this paper, we discuss a proof of the isotopy invariance of a parametrized Khovanov link homology including categorifications of the Jones polynomial and the Kauffman bracket polynomial though it is a known fact. In order to present a proof easy-to-follow, we give an explicit description of retractions and chain homotopies between complexes to induce the invariance under isotopy of links. This is a refined version of arXiv: 0907.2104.

Review text

The author proves the invariance of a parametrized Khovanov link homology. This parametrized Khovanov link homology categorifies both the Jones polynomial and the Kauffman bracket polynomial. This proof is elementary in terms of giving an explicit description of retractions and chain homotopies between complexes corresponding to Reidemeister moves to show the invariance of this link invariant. Also this invariance is universal in the sense that it ensures the invariance for the parametrized Khovanov homologies for both the Jones polynomial and Kauffman bracket polynomial.

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