The symplectic Khovanov homology conjecture

Let κ\kappa be an oriented link, represented as the closure of an mm-stranded braid, and let Khsymp(κ)\mathit{Kh}_{\mathrm{symp}}^*(\kappa) denote the graded symplectic invariant defined by Lagrangian Floer cohomology. Write Khi,j(κ)\mathit{Kh}^{i,j}(\kappa) for Khovanov's bigraded link homology. Symplectic Khovanov homology conjecture. For every integer kk, there is an isomorphism of graded abelian groups

Khsympk(κ)ij=kKhi,j(κ).\mathit{Kh}_{\mathrm{symp}}^k(\kappa) \cong \bigoplus_{i-j=k}\mathit{Kh}^{i,j}(\kappa).

Equivalently, the symplectic invariant should coincide with Khovanov homology after reversing the sign convention for the jj-grading and collapsing the bigrading to the single grading iji-j. The preceding theorem establishes that the symplectic construction is an oriented link invariant; the proposed identification with Khovanov homology is not proved here.

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Paul Seidel and Ivan Smith, “A link invariant from the symplectic geometry of nilpotent slices”, arXiv:math/0405089 (2006).

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