On the Heegaard Floer homology of branched double-covers

Peter Ozsváth; Zoltán Szabó

doi:10.1016/j.aim.2004.05.008

On the Heegaard Floer homology of branched double-covers

Peter Ozsváth, Zoltán Szabó

Mathematics

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Let L ⊂ S³ be a link. We study the Heegaard Floer homology of the branched double-cover ∑(L) of S³, branched along L. When L is an alternating link, HF of its branched double-cover has a particularly simple form, determined entirely by the determinant of the link. For the general case, we derive a spectral sequence whose E² term is a suitable variant of Khovanov's homology for the link L, converging to the Heegaard Floer homology of ∑(L).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-33
Number of pages	33
Journal	Advances in Mathematics
Volume	194
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2004.05.008
State	Published - Jun 20 2005

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Alternating links
Branched double-covers
Heegaard Floer homology
Khovanov's homology

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