Khovanov-homology signature bounds conjecture

Let KK be a knot whose integral Khovanov homology Kh(K,Z)Kh(K,\mathbb{Z}) is supported on diagonals

{d1,d2,,dw},\{d_1,d_2,\ldots,d_w\},

where ww is the width of its Khovanov homology, and let σ(K)\sigma(K) denote its signature. Khovanov-homology signature bounds conjecture. The signature lies strictly between the extreme diagonals:

d1<σ(K)<dw.d_1<-\sigma(K)<d_w.

The source calls this a folklore conjecture dating from the development of Khovanov homology; no resolution is given in the supplied text.

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Primary source

Pawel Dlotko, Davide Gurnari and Radmila Sazdanovic, “Data Driven Perspectives on Knot Theory”, arXiv:2503.15103 (2025).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2015–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2304.13613, arXiv:1506.05841.

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