Functoriality conjecture for marked link Floer homology

Let Li=(Li,pi)L_i^\bullet=(L_i,\boldsymbol{p}_i) be marked links, and let a marked surface be a smoothly embedded surface in four-space with boundary L1L2L_1^\bullet\cup L_2^\bullet.

Functoriality conjecture. Link Floer homology is functorial with respect to marked smooth isotopy classes of surfaces embedded in four-space: a marked surface with boundary L1L2L_1^\bullet\cup L_2^\bullet induces a map

HFL(L1)HFL(L2),\operatorname*{HFL}(L_1^\bullet)\to\operatorname*{HFL}(L_2^\bullet),

and two different marked surfaces that are isotopic induce identical maps.

This conjecture seeks a marked-surface analogue of the functoriality of Khovanov homology under smooth isotopy classes of orientable surfaces in four-space, addressing the role of markings in making link Floer homology maps well defined.

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Primary source

Matthew Graham, “Movie Moves for Knotted Surfaces with Markings”, arXiv:1407.4592 (2018).

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