Stabilization invariance reduced to a comparison modulo the variables #
Let G be a grid diagram of size n, let s be a column, and let
G' = G.stabilizeX s.castSucc (G.X s).castSucc s be the stabilization splitting the X-marking
of column s. Write S = R[V₀, …, V_n] for the coefficient ring of GC⁻(G'). By
TauCeti.KnotTheory.Grid.Stabilization.Map.Basic, the comparison map GC⁻(G') ⟶ GC⁻(G) is a
quasi-isomorphism as soon as the component H_I^N : N ⟶ I of the X₂-homotopy, from the
off-center complex N to the center complex I, is one. This file reduces that remaining
hypothesis to a statement in which every variable is set to zero.
Both N and I are free S-modules on finitely many grid states of G', and their differentials
and H_I^N count empty rectangles weighted by the monomials V^{O(r)}. Giving each variable the
weight -2, the matrix coefficient between two states x and y is weighted homogeneous of
degree M_O(x) - 1 - M_O(y), for M_O the O-Maslov grading of G'
(GridDiagram.isWeightedHomogeneous_sum_OMonomial). The graded Nakayama argument of
TauCeti.Algebra.Homology.ReductionModVariables therefore applies: H_I^N is a
quasi-isomorphism if its reduction modulo the variables V₀, …, V_n,
LinearMap.constantCoeffReduction, induces a bijection between the homologies of the reductions
of the two differentials (quasiIso_stabilizeXOffCenterToCenterHom_of_bijective).
The two reduced differentials give R-linear fully blocked rectangle-count complexes. The
reduction of the center differential counts the fully blocked rectangles of G, so over
R = ZMod 2 its complex agrees with the library's fully blocked complex of G
(constantCoeffReduction_stabilizeXCenterDifferential_eq_fullyBlockedDifferential).
The reduction of the off-center differential counts the fully blocked rectangles of G'
between off-center states
(constantCoeffReduction_stabilizeXOffCenterDifferential_single_apply). The reduction of H_I^N
counts the empty rectangles from an off-center state to a center state with no O-marking and
whose only X-marking is X₂
(constantCoeffReduction_stabilizeXOffCenterToCenter_single_apply). That this
reduced comparison induces a bijection on homology is the combinatorial content of
stabilization invariance, proved in TauCeti.KnotTheory.Grid.Stabilization.Comparison.
Main results #
TauCeti.GridDiagram.isWeightedHomogeneous_stabilizeXCenterDifferential_single_apply,TauCeti.GridDiagram.isWeightedHomogeneous_stabilizeXOffCenterDifferential_single_applyandTauCeti.GridDiagram.isWeightedHomogeneous_stabilizeXOffCenterToCenter_single_apply: the two differentials andH_I^Nlower theO-Maslov grading ofG'by one.TauCeti.GridDiagram.constantCoeffReduction_stabilizeXCenterDifferential_single_apply,TauCeti.GridDiagram.constantCoeffReduction_stabilizeXOffCenterDifferential_single_applyandTauCeti.GridDiagram.constantCoeffReduction_stabilizeXOffCenterToCenter_single_apply: the differential reductions count fully blocked rectangles; the map reduction counts rectangles with noO-markings and exactly the designatedX-marking.- Over
ZMod 2, the reduced center differential is the fully blocked differential ofG(constantCoeffReduction_stabilizeXCenterDifferential_eq_fullyBlockedDifferential). TauCeti.GridDiagram.quasiIso_stabilizeXOffCenterToCenterHom_of_bijective:H_I^Nis a quasi-isomorphism if its reduction modulo the variables induces a bijection on homology.
References #
The fully blocked comparison map is the one of Ozsváth--Stipsicz--Szabó, Grid Homology for Knots and Links, Section 5.2; the passage between the fully blocked and the unblocked theory is the graded algebra of its Appendix A.
The O-Maslov grading of the two blocks #
The center differential lowers the O-Maslov grading of the stabilization by one: with every
variable of weight -2, its matrix coefficient from x to y is weighted homogeneous of degree
M_O(x') - 1 - M_O(y'), for x' and y' the states of the stabilization containing the center of
the new block.
The off-center differential lowers the O-Maslov grading of the stabilization by one.
The component H_I^N of the X₂-homotopy lowers the O-Maslov grading of the stabilization
by one: like the differential, it counts empty rectangles weighted by their O-markings.
The reductions modulo the variables #
Setting the variables to zero leaves the center projection as coefficient restriction.
Setting the variables to zero leaves the off-center projection as coefficient restriction.
The reduction of the center differential modulo the variables counts the fully blocked
rectangles of G: over ZMod 2 it is the fully blocked differential of G.
The reduction of the off-center differential modulo the variables counts the fully blocked rectangles of the stabilization between off-center states.
The reduction of H_I^N modulo the variables counts the empty rectangles of the stabilization
from an off-center state to a center state that carry no O-marking and whose only X-marking is
the southeast X-marking X₂ of the new block.
Over ZMod 2, the reduced center differential is the fully blocked differential of G.
The reduction of the center differential squares to zero.
The reduction of the off-center differential squares to zero.
The reduction of H_I^N is a chain map between the reductions of the two differentials.
H_I^N is a quasi-isomorphism if its reduced comparison is. If the reduction of
H_I^N modulo the variables induces a bijection from the homology of the reduced off-center
complex to the homology of the reduced center complex, the R-linear fully blocked
rectangle-count homology of G (the library's fully blocked homology when R = ZMod 2), then
H_I^N is a quasi-isomorphism of complexes over R[V₀, …, V_n].