Knot polynomials and knot homologies

2005/04/03 by Jacob Rasmussen, Rasmussen, Jacob
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Mathematics · #Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques #Biochemical and Structural Characterization #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #math.GT #msc:57M25 #msc:57R58

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0504045

19 pages. To appear in proceedings of the Fields Institute/McMaster Conference on Geometry and Topology of Manifolds

arxiv created 2005/04/03 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

This is an expository paper discussing some parallels between the Khovanov and knot Floer homologies. We describe the formal similarities between the theories and give some examples which illustrate a somewhat mysterious correspondence between them.

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