Matrix factorizations and link homology

Fundamenta Mathematicae

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-91

  Khovanov, Mikhail ^a,b   Rozansky, Lev ^a,c  

^a Columbia University ^*

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

HOMFLYPT; Link homology; Matrix factorizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849107277     PISSN: 00162736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4064/fm199-1-1     Document Type: Article

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