On some \(p\)-differential graded link homologies. II (Q6188367)

In Part I of this work, [\textit{Y. Qi} and \textit{J. Sussan}, Forum Math. Pi 10, Paper No. e26, 58 p. (2022; Zbl 07634988)], the authors constructed a link invariant categorifying the Jones polynomial at a \(2p\)th root of unity, where \(p\) is an odd prime. This categorification utilized an \(N=2\) specialization of a differential introduced by \textit{S. Cautis} [Algebr. Geom. Topol. 17, No. 6, 3811--3836 (2017; Zbl 1381.57010)] in an \(\mathfrak{sl}_N\)-link homology theory. In this paper, Qi and Sussan give a family of link homologies where the Cautis differential is specialized to a positive integer of the form \(N=kp + 2\). When \(k\) is even, all these link homologies categorify the Jones polynomial evaluated at a \(2p\)th root of unity, but they are distinct link invariants. That is, the authors' main result is as follows: letting \(L\) be a link presented as the closure of a braid \(\beta\) and \(p\) be an odd prime, the object \(p\text{H}(\beta,kp+2)\) is a finite-dimensional framed link invariant. When \(k \in 2\mathbb{Z}\), its Euler characteristic is the Jones polynomial evaluated at a \(2p\)th root of unity.