TITLE:
On the Khovanov Homology of 2- and 3-Strand Braid Links
AUTHORS:
Abdul Rauf Nizami, Mobeen Munir, Tanweer Sohail, Ammara Usman
KEYWORDS:
Khovanov Homology, Khovanov Bracket, Graded Euler Characteristic, Braid Link, Jones Polynomial
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Pure Mathematics,
Vol.6 No.6,
May
31,
2016
ABSTRACT: Although computing the Khovanov homology of links is common in
literature, no general formulae have been given for all of them. We give the
graded Euler characteristic and the Khovanov homology of the 2-strand braid
link,, and the 3-strand braid .