Abstract
We combinatorially describe the 2-category of singular cobordisms, called (rank one) foams, which governs the functorial versionof Khovanov homology. As an application we topologically realizethe type D arc algebra using this singular cobordism construction.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1585-1655 |
| Number of pages | 71 |
| Journal | Documenta Mathematica |
| Volume | 24 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Cobordism/foam categories
- Functorial khovanov homology
- Lie type D
- Singular TQFTs
- Web/arc algebras