Legendrian links and the spanning tree model for Khovanov homology

DOI10.2140/AGT.2006.6.1745zbMATH Open1131.57018arXivmath/0605630OpenAlexW3104812752MaRDI QIDQ863077FDOQ863077

Authors: Hao Wu 

Publication date: 25 January 2007

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

Abstract: We use the spanning tree model for Khovanov homology to study Legendrian links. This leads to an alternative proof for Ng's Khovanov bound for the Thurston-Bennequin number and to both a necessary and a sufficient condition for this bound to be sharp.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0605630

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zbMATH Keywords

Khovanov homologyspanning treeTait graphLegendrian link

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17)

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