TY - JOUR T1 - A Formula for Khovanov Type Link Homology of Pretzel Knots AU - Zhang , Meili AU - Lei , Fengchun AU - Li , Fengling AU - Wang , Dongxu JO - Communications in Mathematical Research VL - 3 SP - 198 EP - 206 PY - 2021 DA - 2021/05 SN - 32 DO - http://doi.org/10.13447/j.1674-5647.2016.03.02 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cmr/18898.html KW - pretzel knot, Khovanov type homology, Frobenius algebra, TQFT. AB -

Khovanov type homology is a generalization of Khovanov homology. The main result of this paper is to give a recursive formula for Khovanov type homology of pretzel knots $P(−n, −m, m)$. The computations reveal that the rank of the homology of pretzel knots is an invariant of $n$. The proof is based on a "shortcut" and two lemmas that recursively reduce the computational complexity of Khovanov type homology.