Knot Polynomials and Knot Homologies
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This is an expository paper discussing some parallels between the Khovanov and knot Floer homologies. We describe the formal similarities between the theories, and give some examples which illustrate a somewhat mysterious correspondence between them.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008