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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Khovanov homology in thickened surfaces

Boerner, Jeffrey Thomas Conley 01 May 2010 (has links)
Mikhail Khovanov developed a bi-graded homology theory for links in the 3-sphere. Khovanov's theory came from a Topological quantum field theory (TQFT) and as such has a geometric interpretation, explored by Dror Bar-Natan. Marta Asaeda, Jozef Przytycki and Adam Sikora extended Khovanov's theory to I-bundles using decorated diagrams. Their theory did not suggest an obvious geometric version since it was not associated to a TQFT. We develop a geometric version of Asaeda, Przytycki and Sikora's theory for links in thickened surfaces. This version leads to two other distinct theories that we also explore.

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