Link Homology from Homological Mirror Symmetry

Abstract

We explain how to calculate link homology for a Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ using the Fukaya category associated to a 2d A-model. Links are represented as configurations of particular A-branes and link homology is given by Homs between these A-branes. In the case of $\mathfrak{g}={\mathfrak{su}}_2$, we explain how to explicitly construct projective resolutions of the relevant A-branes in terms of thimbles, whose algebra is known. This gives an explicit algorithm for computing Khovanov homology. This algorithm can be extended to all Lie algebras.

arXiv comment16 pages, 15 figures, contribution to the proceedings of String Math 2022