## Algebraic & Geometric Topology

### A Jones polynomial for braid-like isotopies of oriented links and its categorification

#### Abstract

A braid-like isotopy for links in 3–space is an isotopy which uses only those Reidemeister moves which occur in isotopies of braids. We define a refined Jones polynomial and its corresponding Khovanov homology which are, in general, only invariant under braid-like isotopies.

#### Article information

Source
Algebr. Geom. Topol., Volume 5, Number 4 (2005), 1535-1553.

Dates
Revised: 20 October 2005
Accepted: 24 October 2005
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513796488

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/agt.2005.5.1535

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2186108

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1084.57010

Subjects
Primary: 57M27: Invariants of knots and 3-manifolds
Secondary: 20F36: Braid groups; Artin groups

#### Citation

Audoux, Benjamin; Fiedler, Thomas. A Jones polynomial for braid-like isotopies of oriented links and its categorification. Algebr. Geom. Topol. 5 (2005), no. 4, 1535--1553. doi:10.2140/agt.2005.5.1535. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513796488

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