A Legendrian Thurston-Bennequin bound from Khovanov homology
Lenhard Ng
Abstract
We establish an upper bound for the Thurston-Bennequin number of a Legendrian link using the Khovanov homology of the underlying topological link. This bound is sharp in particular for all alternating links, and knots with nine or fewer crossings.
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