Learning Seminar 11/10

Speaker: Thomas Lam

Title: Khovanov-Rozansky link homology via Soergel bimodules

Abstract: I will define Khovanov and Rozansky's triply graded link homology theory, using the modern approach of Soergel bimodules. This categorifies the construction of the HOMFLY polynomial via the Hecke algebra.

References:

• https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0401268

• https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0510265

• https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.10356