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Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2024 Volume 119, Issue 7, Pages 475–480 (Mi jetpl7187)

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FIELDS, PARTICLES, AND NUCLEI

Towards catastrophe theory for Khovanov–Rozansky homology

A. S. Anokhina

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, 123182 Russia

Abstract: We suggest another way to look at observables in cohomological quantum field theory, which are the Khovanov–Rozansky knot invariants. To do that, we briefly summarise our results on jumps in the analytic forrmulas for the Khovanov–Rozansky polynomials. We conclude from the empiric data that there are “regular” and “weird” catastrophes, which drastically differ by form of the associated jumps in the Khovanov–Rozansky polynomials. This is the first step towards a catastrophe theory for the observables in cohomological quantum field theory.

Received: 17.02.2024
Revised: 05.03.2024
Accepted: 06.03.2024

DOI: 10.31857/S1234567824070012


 English version:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2024, 119:7, 479–484


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