Greedy matching conjecture for torus braids

Let m,nm,n be integers, let T(m,n)T(m,n) be the mm-strand torus braid represented by (σ1σm1)n(\sigma_1\dots\sigma_{m-1})^n, and let MgrM_{\operatorname{gr}} be the greedy matching on the graph of the delooped Khovanov complex.

Greedy matching conjecture. The greedy matching is a Morse matching for all torus braids, that is, the graphs

G(Ψ(σ1σm1)n,Mgr)G(\Psi\llbracket (\sigma_1\dots\sigma_{m-1})^n\rrbracket,M_{\operatorname{gr}})

contain no directed cycles for all n,mn,m.

The greedy matching is known to be acyclic for the 2-, 3-, and 4-strand torus braids discussed in the paper, but its acyclicity for arbitrary numbers of strands remains open.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Tuomas Kelomäki, “Morse matchings and Khovanov homology of 4-strand torus links”, arXiv:2507.15060 (2025).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.