Virtual Khovanov homology using cobordisms
Tubbenhauer, Daniel
arXiv, 1111.0609 / Harvested from arXiv
We extend Bar-Natan's cobordism based categorification of the Jones polynomial to virtual links. Our topological complex allows a direct extension of the classical Khovanov complex ($h=t=0$), the variant of Lee ($h=0,t=1$) and other classical link homologies. We show that our construction allows, over rings of characteristic two, extensions with no classical analogon, e.g. Bar-Natan's $\mathbb{Z}/2$-link homology can be extended in two non-equivalent ways. Our construction is computable in the sense that one can write a computer program to perform calculations, e.g. we have written a Mathematica based program. Moreover, we give a classification of all unoriented TQFTs which can be used to define virtual link homologies from our topological construction. Furthermore, we prove that our extension is combinatorial and has semi-local properties. We use the semi-local properties to prove an application, i.e. we give a discussion of Lee's degeneration of virtual homology.
Publié le : 2011-11-02
Classification:  Mathematics - Geometric Topology
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     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {2011},
     number = {0},
     year = {2011},
     language = {en},
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Tubbenhauer, Daniel. Virtual Khovanov homology using cobordisms. arXiv, Tome 2011 (2011) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1111.0609/