Symmetry (Dec 2018)

Khovanov Homology of Three-Strand Braid Links

  • Young Chel Kwun,
  • Abdul Rauf Nizami,
  • Mobeen Munir,
  • Zaffar Iqbal,
  • Dishya Arshad,
  • Shin Min Kang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym10120720
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 12
p. 720

Abstract

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Khovanov homology is a categorication of the Jones polynomial. It consists of graded chain complexes which, up to chain homotopy, are link invariants, and whose graded Euler characteristic is equal to the Jones polynomial of the link. In this article we give some Khovanov homology groups of 3-strand braid links Δ 2 k + 1 = x 1 2 k + 2 x 2 x 1 2 x 2 2 x 1 2 ⋯ x 2 2 x 1 2 x 1 2 , Δ 2 k + 1 x 2 , and Δ 2 k + 1 x 1 , where Δ is the Garside element x 1 x 2 x 1 , and which are three out of all six classes of the general braid x 1 x 2 x 1 x 2 ⋯ with n factors.

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