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arxiv: math/0702393 · v2 · submitted 2007-02-13 · 🧮 math.GT

A slice genus lower bound from sl(n) Khovanov-Rozansky homology

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We show that perturbing the definition of sl(n) Khovanov-Rozansky link homology gives a lower bound on the slice genus of a knot. As a corollary this yields another proof of Milnor's conjecture on the slice genus of torus knots.

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