Heegaard Floer homology and integer surgeries on links

Ciprian Manolescu, Peter Ozsváth

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Abstract

Let L be a link in an integral homology three-sphere. We give a description of the Heegaard Floer homology of integral surgeries on L in terms of some data associated to L, which we call a complete system of hyperboxes for L. Roughly, a complete system of hyperboxes consists of chain complexes for (some versions of) the link Floer homology of L and all its sublinks, together with several chain maps between these complexes. Further, we introduce a way of presenting closed four-manifolds with b+2 ≥ 2 by four-colored framed links in the three-sphere. Given a link presentation of this kind for a four-manifold X, we then describe the Ozsváth-Szabó mixed invariants of X in terms of a complete system of hyperboxes for the link. Finally, we explain how a grid diagram produces a particular complete system of hyperboxes for the corresponding link.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2783-3062
Number of pages280
JournalGeometry and Topology
Volume29
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Geometry and Topology

Keywords

  • link Floer homology
  • mixed invariants
  • surgery formula
  • three-manifolds

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