Naturality of the basic perturbation lemma #
Maps between two special contractions that commute with the inclusions, projections and homotopies continue to do so after compatible perturbations. The map on the retracts intertwines the perturbed differentials. These identities allow homological transfer to preserve maps that respect chosen contractions, rather than merely producing unrelated structures on the retracts.
The perturbations need only make 1 + δ h invertible. No filtration, nilpotence or grading
hypothesis is needed for these naturality identities.
References #
- V. K. A. M. Gugenheim, L. A. Lambe, and J. D. Stasheff, Perturbation theory in differential homological algebra II, Illinois Journal of Mathematics 35 (1991), 357--373.
A map commuting with homotopies and perturbations intertwines their perturbation operators. Only the two invertibility hypotheses are required, not the perturbation-square equations.
The induced map on retracts commutes with the perturbed differentials. Compatibility with the old retract differential is explicit; no chain-map assumption on the large complexes is needed for this identity.
Compatible maps commute with the inclusions after perturbation.
Compatible maps commute with the projections after perturbation.
Compatible maps commute with the homotopies after perturbation.