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arxiv: 0707.1130 · v2 · submitted 2007-07-08 · 🧮 math.GT

Khovanov-Rozansky homology and the braid index of a knot

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keywords inequalitybraiddetectfailshomologyindexkhovanov-rozanskyknot
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We prove the existence of a knot whose braid index the Morton-Franks-Williams inequality fails to detect but a related inequality (KR-MFW inequality), which uses new information of Khovanov-Rozansky homology, detects. We also prove, by examples, that there exists infinitely many knots for which the KR-MFW inequality fails to detect the braid indices.

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