Towards tangle calculus for Khovanov polynomials

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Auteurs principaux: Anokhina, A., Lanina, E., Morozov, A.
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author Anokhina, A.
Lanina, E.
Morozov, A.
author_facet Anokhina, A.
Lanina, E.
Morozov, A.
contents We provide new evidence that the tangle calculus and "evolution" are applicable to the Khovanov polynomials for families of long braids inside the knot diagram. We show that jumps in evolution, peculiar for superpolynomials, are much less abundant than it was originally expected. Namely, for torus and twist satellites of a fixed companion knot, the main (most complicated) contribution does not jump, all jumps are concentrated in the torus and twist part correspondingly, where these jumps are necessary to make the Khovanov polynomial positive. Among other things, this opens a way to define a jump-free part of the colored Khovanov polynomials, which differs from the naive colored polynomial just "infinitesimally". The separation between jumping and smooth parts involves a combination of Rasmussen index and a new knot invariant, which we call "Thickness".
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spellingShingle Towards tangle calculus for Khovanov polynomials
Anokhina, A.
Lanina, E.
Morozov, A.
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Geometric Topology
We provide new evidence that the tangle calculus and "evolution" are applicable to the Khovanov polynomials for families of long braids inside the knot diagram. We show that jumps in evolution, peculiar for superpolynomials, are much less abundant than it was originally expected. Namely, for torus and twist satellites of a fixed companion knot, the main (most complicated) contribution does not jump, all jumps are concentrated in the torus and twist part correspondingly, where these jumps are necessary to make the Khovanov polynomial positive. Among other things, this opens a way to define a jump-free part of the colored Khovanov polynomials, which differs from the naive colored polynomial just "infinitesimally". The separation between jumping and smooth parts involves a combination of Rasmussen index and a new knot invariant, which we call "Thickness".
title Towards tangle calculus for Khovanov polynomials
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Geometric Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.13095