An Extension of Khovanov Homology to Immersed Surface Cobordisms

Carter S, Cooper B, Khovanov M, Krushkal V. An Extension of Khovanov Homology to Immersed Surface Cobordisms. arXiv:2510.14760. 2025.

Abstract

We show that an oriented surface in Rcontaining double point singularities induces a map between the Khovanov homology groups of its boundary links in a functorial way. As part of this work, the movie moves of Carter and Saito are extended to surfaces with double points.

Last updated on 10/27/2025