The mathfrak{gl}(k) KhovanovRozansky categorification conjecture

Let kge2kge 2, let βBrn\beta\in \mathfrak{Br}_n be a braid, and let L(β)L(\beta) denote its link closure. Write H0k(β)\mathrm{H}_{0|k}(\beta) for the homology constructed in the paper and Hgl(k)KhR(L(β))\mathrm{H}_{\mathfrak{gl}(k)}^{\mathrm{KhR}}(L(\beta)) for KhovanovRozansky homology. The gl(k)\mathfrak{gl}(k) categorification conjecture. For every such braid,

H0k(β)=Hgl(k)KhR(L(β)).\mathrm{H}_{0|k}(\beta)=\mathrm{H}_{\mathfrak{gl}(k)}^{\mathrm{KhR}}(L(\beta)).

The conjecture proposes that the homology for the purely odd case categorifies the gl(k)\mathfrak{gl}(k) link invariant in the same way as KhovanovRozansky homology. The source points to the relationship with the Soergel category and related KhovanovRozansky categories as a route toward a proof; no resolution is given here.

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Alexei Oblomkov and Lev Rozansky, “Matrix factorizations and gl(m|k)-quantum invariants”, arXiv:2212.02665 (2022).

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