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2006 A note on knot Floer homology of links
Yi Ni
Geom. Topol. 10(2): 695-713 (2006). DOI: 10.2140/gt.2006.10.695

Abstract

Ozsváth and Szabó proved that knot Floer homology determines the genera of knots in S3. We will generalize this deep result to links in homology 3–spheres, by adapting their method. Our proof relies on a result of Gabai and some constructions related to foliations. We also interpret a theorem of Kauffman in the world of knot Floer homology, hence we can compute the top filtration term of the knot Floer homology for alternative links.

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Yi Ni. "A note on knot Floer homology of links." Geom. Topol. 10 (2) 695 - 713, 2006. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2006.10.695

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Received: 11 June 2005; Revised: 6 January 2006; Accepted: 9 May 2006; Published: 2006
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

zbMATH: 1140.53038
MathSciNet: MR2240902
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/gt.2006.10.695

Subjects:
Primary: 53D40 , 57R58
Secondary: 57M27 , 57R30

Keywords: alternative links , homology 3–sphere , knot Floer homology , links , maximal Euler characteristic , taut foliations

Rights: Copyright © 2006 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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