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Knots in Washington XXIX; 30 years of quandles, 10 years of Khovanov homology
December 4-6, 2009
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

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

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Homologically Z2-thin knots have no 4-torsion in Khovanov homology.
by
Alexander Shumakovitch
GWU

I will show how to use the Bockstein spectral sequence to prove that homologically Z_2-thin knots have no 4-torsion in Khovanov homology. This completes the proof of the fact that the integer Khovanov homology of alternating knots is completely determined by their Jones polynomial and signature.

Date received: December 3, 2009

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