Bigrading of the fully blocked stabilization comparison #
The fully blocked stabilization comparison has two components. The center projection raises
both Maslov and Alexander degree by one, while the reduced off-center X₂-homotopy preserves
both degrees. Thus a stabilized chain in degree (m, a) maps to original chains in degrees
(m + 1, a + 1) and (m, a). These are the shifts of the stabilization factor W, whose
summands have degrees (-1,-1) and (0,0).
This file restricts the specified comparison to homogeneous chain pieces and proves that its
two components intertwine the graded differentials. It also shows that, on an arbitrary
stabilized chain, the center component sends the homogeneous part of degree g to the homogeneous
part of degree g + (1,1) of the image, and the off-center component preserves homogeneous parts.
These chain comparisons supply the grading input for the fully blocked homology stabilization
equivalence.
References #
- Ozsváth--Stipsicz--Szabó, Grid Homology for Knots and Links, Section 5.2.
- Manolescu--Ozsváth--Szabó--Thurston, On combinatorial link Floer homology, Section 3.2.
On a homogeneous stabilized chain, the first comparison component is supported in degree
g + (1,1), reflecting the degree (-1,-1) of the center summand of W.
On a homogeneous stabilized chain, the second comparison component is supported in the
same bidegree. Only rectangles carrying no O-marking survive coefficient reduction.
The center component of fully blocked stabilization on homogeneous chains. Its target bidegree is one higher in both coordinates.
Instances For
The off-center homotopy component of fully blocked stabilization on homogeneous chains, with no grading shift.
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At a state of the target degree, the graded center map reads the center coefficient.
At a state of the target degree, the graded off-center map has the coefficient of the specified total comparison.
Inclusion of the graded center comparison recovers the specified total comparison.
Inclusion of the graded off-center comparison recovers the specified total comparison.
The graded center comparison intertwines the differentials, with the (-1,-1) summand
shift on the original complex.
The graded off-center comparison intertwines the differentials without a grading shift.
The center component of the chain comparison sends the part of bidegree g of a stabilized
chain to the part of bidegree g + (1, 1) of its image.
The off-center component of the chain comparison preserves homogeneous parts.