Twisting cocycles over a differential graded algebra #
A twisting cocycle on a finite set P of generators graded by ind : P β β€, with values in a
differential graded algebra (π, d), is a matrix m : P β P β A of homogeneous elements which
satisfies the twisting equation
d (m x y) = Ξ£_z (-1) ^ (ind x - ind z) β’ (m x z * m z y)
and the one-sidedness condition m x y = 0 whenever ind x β€ ind y. It is the BarraudβCornea
structure that the compactified trajectory spaces of a Morse or Floer theory produce, by evaluating
their fundamental chains into chains on a loop space, and it is the only input of the twisted
complex π β β¨Pβ© of TauCeti.Algebra.Homology.DG.Twisted.Complex.
The source works with homological gradings, where m x y has degree ind x - ind y - 1. Tau
Ceti's differential graded algebras are cohomologically graded, and the bridge C^{-n} = C_n puts
m x y in cohomological degree ind y - ind x + 1. The twisting equation itself carries no
grading and is stated verbatim.
The one-sidedness condition is part of the data. It does not follow from the degree and the
twisting equation over an arbitrary differential graded algebra: over β[Ξ΅]/(Ρ²) with Ξ΅ in
cohomological degree 1 and d = 0, one generator x with m x x = Ξ΅ satisfies both. It is
automatic over a cohomologically nonpositive algebra, since then the degree ind y - ind x + 1 is
positive when ind x β€ ind y (TauCeti.TwistingCocycle.one_sided_of_nonpos). The cubical chains
on a loop space are cohomologically nonpositive, so for every geometric cocycle the condition is a
lemma.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.TwistingCocycle: the structure, with fieldsmem_graded,twistingandone_sided.TauCeti.TwistingCocycle.ofNonpos: a twisting cocycle over a cohomologically nonpositive algebra, from the graded matrix and the twisting equation alone.
Main results #
TauCeti.TwistingCocycle.one_sided_of_nonpos: over a cohomologically nonpositive algebra, the degree condition alone forces one-sidedness.TauCeti.TwistingCocycle.m_self: the diagonal of a twisting cocycle vanishes.
References #
- J.-F. Barraud, M. Damian, V. Humilière, A. Oancea, Floer homology with DG coefficients. Applications to cotangent bundles, arXiv:2404.07953, Definition 1.9.
- J.-F. Barraud, M. Damian, V. Humilière, A. Oancea, Morse homology with differential graded coefficients, Progress in Mathematics 360, BirkhÀuser, 2025, Chapter 3.
- J.-F. Barraud, O. Cornea, Lagrangian intersections and the Serre spectral sequence, Ann. of Math. 166 (2007).
A twisting cocycle with values in the differential graded algebra (π, d), on the finite
set P of generators graded by ind. The entry m x y is the coefficient of y in the twisted
differential of x. It is homogeneous of cohomological degree ind y - ind x + 1, the matrix
satisfies the twisting equation d (m x y) = Ξ£_z (-1) ^ (ind x - ind z) β’ (m x z * m z y), and it
is strictly upper triangular for the order by ind: m x y = 0 whenever ind x β€ ind y.
- m : P β P β A
The coefficient of
yin the twisted differential ofx. Each entry is homogeneous, of cohomological degree
ind y - ind x + 1.- twisting (x y : P) : d (self.m x y) = β z : P, (ind x - ind z).negOnePow β’ (self.m x z * self.m z y)
The twisting equation, in the source's homological sign convention.
One-sidedness: the matrix is strictly upper triangular for the order by
ind.
Instances For
Over a cohomologically nonpositive algebra, the degree condition alone forces one-sidedness:
an entry m x y with ind x β€ ind y lives in a positive degree, where the algebra vanishes. This
is the situation of the cubical chains on a loop space. No differential and no twisting equation
is involved.
Entries below or on the diagonal vanish.
The entries between generators whose indices differ by one have degree zero.
The entries between generators whose indices differ by two have degree -1.
A product of two consecutive entries vanishes unless the middle generator has strictly intermediate index, by one-sidedness.
The entries between generators whose indices differ by one are cycles: no generator has an index strictly between theirs.
The twisting equation at index difference two: between generators whose indices differ by two, the sum of the products of the entries through the generators of the intermediate index is minus the differential of the entry.
The twisting equation at index difference two, as a sum over the generators of the intermediate index only.
The zero matrix is a twisting cocycle: both sides of the twisting equation vanish.
A twisting cocycle over a cohomologically nonpositive algebra, from the graded matrix and the
twisting equation alone: one-sidedness is supplied by one_sided_of_nonpos.