Finite-regularity block almost complex structures #
On P × M, combine a Cⁿ almost complex structure on P with a jointly Cⁿ family
of almost complex structures on T_x M, allowed to depend on both p and x. The result
acts diagonally under the canonical product tangent identification. In particular, for
P = ℝ × ℝ with its standard structure, it sends (a, b, v) to (-b, a, J_(s,t,x) v).
The order n : ℕ∞ includes continuous structures and the smooth endpoint. The vertical
regularity is that of an endomorphism section along P × M → M; it does not assert an almost
complex structure on the full product tangent bundle. familySlice restricts it to a native
structure on M at each parameter. The block construction combines it with the chosen
horizontal structure. This permits time-dependent vertical structures in suspensions without
requiring
the monodromy to preserve one fixed almost complex structure.
The native finite construction has evaluation, square, downgrade, negation and ordinary-product
APIs, and preserves joint parameter dependence without derivative loss. The existing smooth
construction specializes this one at infinite order. The evaluation formula splits the quadratic
form into horizontal and vertical
terms. Compatible vertical families therefore give a compatible block structure for the
product two-form. When the vertical family also depends smoothly on a parameter, so does the
block structure (TauCeti.SmoothAlmostComplexStructure.contMDiff_prodFamily_family).
Equivariance under a product map reduces to equivariance of its two blocks; for a translation
and a monodromy map this is precisely the vertical seam equation.
References #
- D. McDuff and D. Salamon, J-holomorphic Curves and Symplectic Topology, second edition, Section 2.2 (compatible almost complex structures).
- M. Hutchings and M. Sullivan, The periodic Floer homology of a Dehn twist, Algebraic & Geometric Topology 5 (2005), 301–354 (block structures on suspensions).
The Cⁿ block structure on P × M with horizontal block J and a jointly Cⁿ
vertical family K_(p,x). The vertical block may depend on both coordinates.
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A jointly Cⁿ vertical family gives a jointly Cⁿ block family as a tangent-endomorphism
section along Λ × (P × M) → P × M. No derivatives are lost, including at n = 0.
A block structure acts separately on the two components of a product tangent vector.
The endomorphism of the block structure is the continuous linear block map.
A domain-dependent structure over P restricts at each parameter to a native Cⁿ
structure on M. Its joint regularity is along P × M → M, not on the full tangent bundle
of P × M.
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Forgetting regularity commutes with slicing a domain-dependent family.
Forgetting regularity commutes with the block construction.
Negation preserves joint regularity for a domain-dependent almost complex structure.
Negation commutes with restricting a domain-dependent family at a parameter.
Negating both blocks negates the block structure.
The ordinary product is the domain-independent vertical special case.
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The ordinary product acts componentwise under the canonical tangent identification.
Forgetting regularity commutes with the ordinary product.
Negating both factors negates the ordinary product.
The quadratic form of a product two-form and a block almost complex structure is the sum of its horizontal and vertical quadratic forms.
A product map intertwines the block structure at a point precisely when its horizontal
differential intertwines J and its vertical differential intertwines the corresponding
members of K. In a suspension the second condition is the seam equation.
The smooth block structure, obtained from the native finite-regularity construction at infinite order. The vertical block may depend jointly on the domain and target point.
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Jointly smooth vertical families give jointly smooth block structures.
A smooth block structure acts separately on the two tangent components.
Viewing the smooth block construction at finite regularity gives the native finite block construction. This includes the infinite-order equivalence with the smooth carrier.
The quadratic form of a product two-form and a block almost complex structure is the sum of its horizontal and vertical quadratic forms.
If each block is tamed by its factor two-form, the block structure is tamed by the product form.
Invariance of each block gives invariance of the product form.
Compatible vertical families and a compatible horizontal block give a block structure compatible with the product two-form.
A product map intertwines the block structure at a point precisely when its horizontal
differential intertwines J and its vertical differential intertwines the corresponding
members of K. In a suspension the second condition is the seam equation.
For the standard horizontal block J∂s = ∂t, J∂t = -∂s, the quadratic form of
ds ∧ dt + τ is a² + b² + τ(v, K v). The vertical family is arbitrary and may depend on
both time coordinates.
Under a translation of the time plane and a fibre diffeomorphism g, the standard block
structure is invariant exactly when its vertical family obeys the seam equation. Taking
c = (0, 1) and g = φ.symm gives the mapping-torus deck generator; taking c = (1, 0) and
g = Diffeomorph.refl I' M ∞ gives the other time-circle generator.