The normalization of cubical chains #
For a finite set S of coordinates, let ζ_S : Iⁿ → Iⁿ set the coordinates in S to 0. The
normalization of a singular n-cube c is the signed sum
normalize c = Σ_S (-1) ^ |S| (c ∘ ζ_S),
that is, the image of c under the product of the commuting projections 1 - ζ_i. It is natural
in the space, it vanishes on degenerate cubes
(CubicalChain.normalize_eq_zero_of_mem_degenerate), and it differs from the identity by a
degenerate chain (CubicalChain.normalize_sub_mem_degenerate): every term with S ≠ ∅ does not
depend on the coordinates in S. So it induces a natural section
NormalizedCubicalChain.toCubicalChain of the quotient map from unnormalized to normalized chains.
Through this section, the normalized cubical n-chains are naturally a retract of the free module
on the singular n-cubes, that is, on the continuous maps from the model Iⁿ. This is the form
in which the method of acyclic models applies to them.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.SingularCube.zeroOn: the mapζ_Sof the cube setting the coordinates inSto0.TauCeti.CubicalChain.normalize: the normalization of unnormalized cubical chains.TauCeti.NormalizedCubicalChain.toCubicalChain: the induced natural section of the quotient.
Main results #
TauCeti.CubicalChain.normalize_eq_zero_of_mem_degenerate: normalization kills degenerate chains.TauCeti.CubicalChain.normalize_sub_mem_degenerate: normalization is the identity up to a degenerate chain.TauCeti.NormalizedCubicalChain.mk_toCubicalChain: the section is a section.- the instance that the normalized cubical chains are a projective module.
TauCeti.NormalizedCubicalChain.toCubicalChain_map: the section is natural.
References #
- W. S. Massey, Singular Homology Theory, GTM 70, Springer, 1980, Chapter II.
- S. Eilenberg and S. Mac Lane, Acyclic models, Amer. J. Math. 75 (1953), for normalized chains as a natural retract of free ones.
The map of the cube Iⁿ setting the coordinates in S to 0.
Instances For
A cube composed with ζ_S does not depend on the coordinates in S.
Setting one more coordinate, on which the cube does not depend, to 0 does not change the
cube.
The normalization of cubical chains: a cube c is sent to
Σ_S (-1) ^ |S| (c ∘ ζ_S), where ζ_S sets the coordinates in S to 0.
Instances For
Normalization is natural.
Normalization kills a cube which does not depend on one of its coordinates: the terms for
S and for S with that coordinate added or removed cancel.
Normalization kills degenerate chains.
Normalization is the identity up to a degenerate chain: every term with S ≠ ∅ does not
depend on the coordinates in S.
The natural section of the quotient map from unnormalized to normalized cubical chains, induced by the normalization.
Instances For
The section is a section of the quotient map.
The section is natural.
A normalized chain is the combination of the classes of the cubes of its normalization.
The normalized cubical chains are a projective module: they are a retract of the free module on
the cubes, through the section toCubicalChain of the quotient map.