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A remark on Khovanov homology and two-fold branched covers

Liam Watson

Vol. 245 (2010), No. 2, 373–380
Abstract

We give examples of knots distinguished by the total rank of their Khovanov homology but sharing the same two-fold branched cover. Hence Khovanov homology does not yield an invariant of two-fold branched covers.

Keywords
Khovanov homology, two-fold branched cover, Heegaard Floer homology
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57M12, 57M27
Milestones
Received: 9 September 2009
Revised: 20 October 2009
Accepted: 26 October 2009
Published: 1 April 2010
Authors
Liam Watson
Department of Mathematics
University of California
520 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
United States
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~lwatson