Towards R-matrix construction of Khovanov-Rozansky polynomials. I. Primary $T$-deformation of HOMFLY

Abstract

We elaborate on the simple alternative from arXiv:1308.5759 to the matrix-factorization construction of Khovanov-Rozansky (KR) polynomials for arbitrary knots and links in the fundamental representation of arbitrary SL(N). Construction consists of 2 steps: first, with every link diagram with m vertices one associates an m-dimensional hypercube with certain q-graded vector spaces, associated to its 2^m vertices. A generating function for q-dimensions of these spaces is what we suggest to call the primary T-deformation of HOMFLY polynomial -- because, as we demonstrate, it can be explicitly reduced to calculations of ordinary HOMFLY polynomials, i.e. to manipulations with quantum R-matrices. The second step is a certain minimization of residues of this new polynomial with respect to T+1. Minimization is ambiguous and is actually specified by the choice of commuting cut-and-join morphisms, acting along the edges of the hypercube -- this promotes it to Abelian quiver, and KR polynomial is a Poincare polynomial of associated complex, just in the original Khovanov's construction at N=2. This second step is still somewhat sophisticated -- though incomparably simpler than its conventional matrix-factorization counterpart. In this paper we concentrate on the first step, and provide just a mnemonic treatment of the second step. Still, this is enough to demonstrate that all the currently known examples of KR polynomials in the fundamental representation can be easily reproduced in this new approach. As additional bonus we get a simple description of the DGR relation between KR polynomials and superpolynomials and demonstrate that the difference between reduced and unreduced cases, which looks essential at KR level, practically disappears after transition to superpolynomials. However, a careful derivation of all these results from cohomologies of cut-and-join morphisms remains for further studies.

146 pages; some points clarified, some typos corrected

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