Extremal Khovanov homology signature conjecture for Turaev genus one links

Let LL be a non-split link of Turaev genus one. Write Khi,j(L)Kh^{i,j}(L) for its Khovanov homology, let jmin(L)j_{\min}(L) and jmax(L)j_{\max}(L) denote the minimum and maximum quantum gradings supporting Khovanov homology, and let σ(L)\sigma(L) be its signature. Signature conjecture. At least one of the following statements holds:

  1. There is an i0Zi_0\in\mathbb{Z} such that
Kh,jmin(L)(L)=Khi0(L),jmin(L)(L)ZKh^{*,j_{\min}(L)}(L)=Kh^{i_0(L),j_{\min}(L)}(L)\cong\mathbb{Z}

and

2i0(L)jmin(L)=σ(L)+1.2i_0(L)-j_{\min}(L)=\sigma(L)+1.
  1. There is an i0Zi_0\in\mathbb{Z} such that
Kh,jmax(L)(L)=Khi0(L),jmax(L)(L)ZKh^{*,j_{\max}(L)}(L)=Kh^{i_0(L),j_{\max}(L)}(L)\cong\mathbb{Z}

and

2i0(L)jmax(L)=σ(L)1.2i_0(L)-j_{\max}(L)=\sigma(L)-1.

This weakens the hypotheses of the preceding signature theorem, which assumes that the link has both an AA-Turaev genus one and a BB-Turaev genus one diagram. The conjecture is open for links that are AA-Turaev genus one but not BB-Turaev genus one, and vice versa.

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Primary source

Oliver T. Dasbach and Adam M. Lowrance, “Extremal Khovanov homology of Turaev genus one links”, arXiv:1812.11387 (2019).

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