Two detection results of Khovanov homology on links

Li, Zhenkun; Xie, Yi; Zhang, Boyu

doi:10.1090/tran/8414

Two detection results of Khovanov homology on links
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Abstract:

We prove that Khovanov homology with $\mathbb {Z}/2$–coefficients detects the link L7n1 and detects the union of a trefoil and its meridian.

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