Subdivision and its homotopy on small singular chains #
Barycentric subdivision and its prism operator preserve chains subordinate to any family of subsets: every simplex they produce factors through the original singular simplex. This file restricts both operators to the small-chain complex and proves the homotopy formula there. Thus subdivision induces the identity on small-chain homology as well as ordinary homology. This is needed when replacing a bounding chain by a sufficiently fine subdivision while keeping the correction to its already-small boundary inside the small-chain complex.
The restricted operators commute with the inclusion and with maps of covered spaces. No openness or covering hypothesis is needed for these preservation statements.
References #
- A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Section 2.1, proof of Proposition 2.21, steps (2) and (4).
Barycentric subdivision restricted to small singular chains in degree n.
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Inclusion intertwines the restricted and ordinary subdivision operators.
Inclusion intertwines the restricted and ordinary subdivision operators.
Barycentric subdivision as an endomorphism of the small-chain complex.
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- TauCeti.smallSingularSubdivisionChainMap R U = { f := fun (n : ℕ) => TauCeti.smallSingularSubdivisionX R U n, comm' := ⋯ }
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The restricted chain map commutes with the inclusion of small chains.
The restricted chain map commutes with the inclusion of small chains.
The prism operator of subdivision restricted to small singular chains.
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Inclusion intertwines the restricted and ordinary prism operators.
Inclusion intertwines the restricted and ordinary prism operators.
The prism homotopy formula holds inside the small-chain complex.
Subdivision of small singular chains is chain homotopic to their identity map.
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The restricted subdivision commutes with maps carrying cover members into cover members.
The restricted subdivision commutes with maps carrying cover members into cover members.
The restricted prism commutes with maps carrying cover members into cover members.
The restricted prism commutes with maps carrying cover members into cover members.
Subdivision acts as the identity on small-chain homology.