Recut pairing of hexagon--rectangle terms in the commutation homotopy equation #
The left-hand side ∂ ∘ H + H ∘ ∂ of the homotopy equation of a column commutation counts two-step
domains made of a commutation hexagon and a rectangle of the original diagram, in either order.
Forgetting the two turns of the hexagon leaves a two-step rectangle decomposition. When its two
rectangles share exactly one side column, their union is an L-shaped domain, and the recut from
the proof of ∂² = 0 cuts it the other way (TauCeti.GridRectangleDecomposition.recut).
Both orders of composition lie on the same side of the equation, so they are treated as one
family, TauCeti.GridHexagonCompositeDecomposition. If the recut of a counted composite is again
the underlying decomposition of a counted composite, the two terms cancel in characteristic two,
whatever the orientation of their common side and whichever piece of the recut carries the
hexagon. The weights agree because both terms cover the same squares and their rectangles carry
the same single X-marking, that of the column the hexagon cuts away
(TauCeti.GridCommutationHexagonBetween.cutColumn): this fixes the variable by which the
underlying rectangle weight exceeds the composite weight. A counted composite determines the
position of its hexagon from its underlying decomposition, since a counted rectangle carries no
X-marking while the rectangle under a counted hexagon carries one. Hence recut partners form a
fixed-point-free involution.
Off the diagonal, what remains of the hexagon side are the composites whose recut is not again a
counted composite (TauCeti.GridDiagram.unpairedHexagonComposites). In the juxtaposition argument
these are the terms matched with the pairs of pentagons counted by the round trip Ψ ∘ Φ of the
two commutation maps; that matching is not part of this file.
Main definition #
TauCeti.GridDiagram.unpairedHexagonComposites: the counted composites sharing a side column whose recut underlies no counted composite.
Main results #
TauCeti.GridDiagram.mem_unpairedHexagonComposites_of_toRectangleDecomposition_eq: a counted composite is unpaired as soon as the canonical recut of its underlying decomposition underlies no counted composite.TauCeti.GridDiagram.sum_hexagonCompositeWeight_overlap_eq_sum_unpaired: in characteristic two, the off-diagonal overlapping composites have the total weight of the unpaired ones.TauCeti.GridDiagram.unblockedDifferential_commutationHomotopy_add_eq_iff_unpaired: the homotopy equation is equivalent to its diagonal identity together with the identity between the unpaired composites and the pentagon pairs off the diagonal.
References #
This is the juxtaposition argument for the homotopy of Ozsváth--Stipsicz--Szabó, Grid Homology for Knots and Links, Section 5.1, and Manolescu--Ozsváth--Szabó--Thurston, On combinatorial link Floer homology, Section 3.1 (arXiv:math/0610559).
The overlapping counted composites have the total weight of the overlapping hexagon--rectangle and rectangle--hexagon decompositions.
The recut pairing #
The counted composites from x to z whose two rectangles have a common side column and
whose recut is not the underlying rectangle decomposition of any counted composite.
Instances For
A composite is unpaired exactly when it is counted, its rectangles have a common side column, and its recut underlies no counted composite.
A counted composite is unpaired when its underlying decomposition has exactly one common side and the recut of that decomposition underlies no counted composite.
A counted composite whose underlying decomposition has exactly one common side, and whose recut underlies no counted composite, is the only unpaired composite with this decomposition.
Off the diagonal and in characteristic two, the counted composites whose rectangles share a
side column have the total weight of the unpaired ones: recut partners cancel in pairs
(GridRectangleDecomposition.sum_filter_not_hasDisjointSides_eq_sum_filter_forall_not_isRecut).
In characteristic two, the commutation homotopy equation is equivalent to its diagonal coefficient identity together with the off-diagonal identity between the unpaired hexagon composites and the pentagon pairs.