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Knots in Washington XXVI Interconnections between Khovanov, Khovanov-Rozansky and Ozvath-Szabo homology, categorification of skein modules
April 18-20, 2008
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), Hao Wu (GWU)

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Khovanov homology and lens space surgeries
by
Liam Watson
Université du Québec à Montréal

We study a notion of stability in Khovanov homology and derive obstructions to certain exceptional surgeries. This talk will focus on a particular example: Lens space surgeries on the 3-sphere.

Date received: April 7, 2008

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