Link homology and loop homology

Abstract

We compute the $k$-colored $\mathfrak{sl}(N)$ homology of the torus knot $T(2,2m+1)$, and we show that it stabilizes as $m\to \infty$ to the integral homology of the free loop space of the complex Grassmannian $\mathrm{Gr}(k,N)$. In particular, when $k=1$ and $N=2$, we observe that the Khovanov homology of $T(2,2m+1)$ stabilizes to the homology of the free loop space of the $2$-sphere.

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