Local orientations from chart homology #
A local orientation at a point of an n-dimensional manifold is a generator of the integral
local homology group in degree n. This file defines that generator condition and proves that
every point in a finite-dimensional charted space has local orientations. Integral coefficients
are represented by the universe-lifted module ULift ℤ. The construction is the inverse image of
1 under the chart computation of local homology. The two generators of a fibre isomorphic to
ℤ differ by sign; reversal and preservation by local homology isomorphisms are also proved, and
isomorphisms of pairs (M, M ∖ {x}) ≅ (N, N ∖ {y}) transport local orientations
(TauCeti.LocalOrientation.map), compatibly with reversal, identities and composites.
The local orientation is the generator of Hₙ(M, M ∖ {x}; ℤ) described in Hatcher's
Algebraic Topology, Section 3.3.
An element of the integral local homology group is a local orientation when it generates the
whole group as a ℤ-module.
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An element of local homology is a local orientation exactly when every class is an integral multiple of it.
The integral local homology group at x in degree d, with its local orientations.
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The inverse image of 1 under an isomorphism from integral local homology to ℤ is a local
orientation.
Reversing a local orientation gives a local orientation.
Reversal of local orientations is involutive.
An isomorphism of integral local homology groups preserves the generator condition.
An isomorphism of pairs (M, M ∖ {x}) ≅ (N, N ∖ {y}) carries local orientations at x to
local orientations at y, through the isomorphism it induces on integral local homology.
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Transport along an isomorphism of pairs commutes with reversal of local orientations.
Transport along the identity isomorphism of pairs is the identity.
Transport along a composite isomorphism of pairs is the composite of the transports.
If integral local homology is isomorphic to ℤ, its generators are precisely the inverse
images of 1 and -1. In particular a top-degree local homology fibre has two orientations.
A local homology fibre isomorphic to ℤ has exactly two local orientations.
In a local homology fibre isomorphic to ℤ, two local orientations agree up to sign.
In a local homology fibre isomorphic to ℤ, a local orientation has infinite order.
In a local homology fibre isomorphic to ℤ, a local orientation differs from its reversal.
The local orientation at x selected by a chart and its chart-induced local homology
isomorphism.
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A point in a positive-dimensional finite-dimensional charted space has a local orientation.
The chart computation identifies its local homology group with ℤ, and the inverse image of 1
is a generator.
A point with a zero-dimensional chart also has a local orientation, represented by the class of the point in degree-zero local homology.
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Every point of a zero-dimensional finite-dimensional charted space has a local orientation.