{
  "id": "math/0508649",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2005-08-31T19:49:30.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-11-26T16:53:01.000Z",
  "title": "A Legendrian Thurston-Bennequin bound from Khovanov homology",
  "authors": [
    "Lenhard Ng"
  ],
  "comment": "Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol5/agt-5-66.abs.html",
  "journal": "Algebr. Geom. Topol. 5 (2005) 1637-1653",
  "categories": [
    "math.GT",
    "math.SG"
  ],
  "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.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2005-11-26T16:53:01.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "57M27",
      "57R17",
      "53D12"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "legendrian thurston-bennequin bound",
      "khovanov homology",
      "upper bound",
      "thurston-bennequin number",
      "fewer crossings"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2005math......8649N"
    }
  }
}