Greedy matching conjecture for delooped Khovanov complexes

Let TT be a tangle diagram, let Ψ⟦T⟧\Psi\llbracket T\rrbracket be its delooped Khovanov complex, and let Mgr⁡M_{\operatorname{gr}} be the greedy partial matching on the graph G(Ψ⟦T⟧)G(\Psi\llbracket T\rrbracket).

Greedy matching conjecture. For any tangle diagram TT, the greedy matching Mgr⁡M_{\operatorname{gr}} is a Morse matching on the delooped Khovanov complex Ψ⟦T⟧\Psi\llbracket T\rrbracket.

The construction automatically satisfies the finiteness, matching, and isomorphism conditions of discrete Morse theory; the unresolved issue is the absence of directed cycles. The claim would imply acyclicity of the greedy matching for every tangle diagram.

References

Primary source

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

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