%0 Journal Article
%T On the Khovanov Homology of 2- and 3-Strand Braid Links
%A Abdul Rauf Nizami
%A Mobeen Munir
%A Tanweer Sohail
%A Ammara Usman
%J Advances in Pure Mathematics
%P 481-491
%@ 2160-0384
%D 2016
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/apm.2016.66034
%X 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<img src=\"Edit_068ee603-f8a4-4efa-bb9e-62414d1e1807.bmp\" alt=\"\" /><span>&nbsp;</span><span></span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;\">,<img src=\"Edit_0a057dd4-e2f8-4644-bd2e-56704238f43e.bmp\" alt=\"\" />, and the 3-strand braid <img src=\"Edit_59406552-a435-4364-8a57-af85288a776f.bmp\" alt=\"\" /></span><span></span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;\">.</span>
%K Khovanov Homology
%K Khovanov Bracket
%K Graded Euler Characteristic
%K Braid Link
%K Jones  Polynomial
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=67018