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Maslov index and Heegard Floer homology

I am an undergraduate who wants to learn Knot Floer homology. I was told to start with this expository paper which was working quite well until I reached the actual definition of the differential. ...
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Do we get a instanton $S^{3}$ if we do $1/n$ surgery on a knot in $S^{3}$?

Consider the following question: Let $K\subset S^{3}$ be a nontrivial knot, and let $Y$ be the manifold obtained by doing $1/n$-surgery ($n\geq1$). Is it possible that the instanton Floer homology of $...
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Algebraic variations of the full knot Floer complex

In Hom's paper (arXiv link), p.20, Section 3.3 ends with "There are other algebraic modifications one may consider, such as setting $U^n = 0$ or $UV = 0$", referring to the knot Floer ...
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