Abstract

Abstract We prove a rank inequality on the instanton knot homology and the Khovanov homology of a link in $S^3$. The key step of the proof is to construct a spectral sequence relating Baldwin–Levine–Sarkar’s pointed Khovanov homology to a singular instanton invariant for pointed links.

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