Annular khovanov-lee homology, braids, and cobordisms

J. Elisenda Grigsby, Anthony M. Licata, Stephan M. Wehrli

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    Abstract

    We prove that the Khovanov-Lee complex of an oriented link, L, in a thickened annulus, A × I, has the structure of a (forumala presented).–filtered complex whose filtered chain homotopy type is an invariant of the isotopy class of L ⊂ (A × I). Using ideas of Ozsváth-Stipsicz-Szabó [34] as reinterpreted by Livingston [30], we use this structure to define a family of annular Rasmussen invariants that yield information about annular and non-annular cobordisms. Focusing on the special case of annular links obtained as braid closures, we use the behavior of the annular Rasmussen invariants to obtain a necessary condition for braid quasipositivity and a sufficient condition for right-veeringness.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)389-436
    Number of pages48
    JournalPure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly
    Volume13
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

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