The X-marking homotopy of a stabilized grid #
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. Its new 2 × 2 block is centered at c = (s.succ, (G.X s).succ): the two
X-markings of the block lie northwest and southeast of c and the new O-marking southwest of
it. Write X₂ for the southeast X-marking, the one in column s.succ, and
S = R[V₀, …, V_n] for the coefficient ring of GC⁻(G'). The row of X₂ also carries the new
O-marking, in column s.castSucc.
By TauCeti.KnotTheory.Grid.Stabilization.Cone, GC⁻(G') is the mapping cone of the connecting
map ∂_I^N from the center complex I (states containing c) to the off-center complex N.
This file studies the component H_I^N : N → I of the X-marking homotopy H_{X₂} of G',
which counts the empty rectangles from an off-center state to a center state whose only covered
X-marking is X₂.
The X-marking homotopy satisfies ∂⁻ ∘ H_{X₂} + H_{X₂} ∘ ∂⁻ = V_{s.succ} + V_{s.castSucc} on
GC⁻(G') in characteristic two. The component of H_{X₂} between center states vanishes
(XHomotopyCoefficient_stabilizeX_succ_insertPoint): a rectangle between states containing c
that covers the square of X₂ also covers the square of the other X-marking of the block.
Together with the vanishing of the N-to-I block of ∂⁻, reading off the two blocks of the
homotopy identity with target I gives:
H_I^N ∘ ∂_I^N = V_{s.succ} + V_{s.castSucc}onI(stabilizeXOffCenterToCenter_comp_connecting);H_I^Nintertwines the off-center and the center differentials (stabilizeXOffCenterToCenter_comp_offCenterDifferential), so it is a chain mapN ⟶ I(stabilizeXOffCenterToCenterHom).
In characteristic two, V_{s.succ} + V_{s.castSucc} is the difference of the variable of the new
O-marking and the variable of the old O-marking of column s. By the first identity, the pair
(𝟙, H_I^N) maps the mapping cone of ∂_I^N, that is GC⁻(G'), to the mapping cone of
multiplication by this difference on I; the latter is the cone that
HomologicalComplex.polynomialExtensionMulXSubCHomotopyEquiv compares with GC⁻(G), once I is
identified with the polynomial extension of GC⁻(G) in the new variable. The map of cones is a
quasi-isomorphism when H_I^N is; both steps are carried out in
TauCeti.KnotTheory.Grid.Stabilization.Map.Basic.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.GridDiagram.stabilizeXOffCenterToCenter: the componentH_I^Nof theX-marking homotopy ofX₂, from off-center states to center states.TauCeti.GridDiagram.stabilizeXOffCenterToCenterHom:H_I^Nas a chain map from the off-center complex to the center complex.
Main results #
TauCeti.GridDiagram.XHomotopyCoefficient_stabilizeX_succ_insertPoint: the homotopyH_{X₂}has no matrix coefficient between center states.TauCeti.GridDiagram.stabilizeXOffCenterToCenter_comp_connecting:H_I^N ∘ ∂_I^Nis multiplication byV_{s.succ} + V_{s.castSucc}.TauCeti.GridDiagram.stabilizeXOffCenterToCenter_comp_offCenterDifferential:H_I^Nis a chain map.TauCeti.GridDiagram.stabilizeXConnectingHom_comp_offCenterToCenterHom: the composite of the connecting chain map andH_I^Nis multiplication byV_{s.succ} + V_{s.castSucc}.
References #
In Ozsváth--Stipsicz--Szabó, Grid Homology for Knots and Links, Section 5.2, the fully blocked
version of H_I^N, counting the rectangles from N to I whose only marking is X₂, compares the
two halves of the mapping cone in the proof of stabilization invariance. The mapping cone of
V₁ - V₂ is the one of Manolescu--Ozsváth--Szabó--Thurston, On combinatorial link Floer
homology, Section 3.2.
The center block of the X₂-homotopy vanishes. The X-marking homotopy of the southeast
X-marking of the new block has no matrix coefficient between two grid states containing the
center c = (s.succ, (G.X s).succ): such a rectangle is transported from a rectangle of G, and
if it covers the square of that X-marking it also covers the square of the northwest one.
The component of the X₂-homotopy from center states to center states vanishes.
The component H_I^N of the X-marking homotopy of the southeast X-marking X₂ of the new
block, from off-center states to center states. It counts the empty rectangles from a state not
containing the center of the block to one containing it whose only covered X-marking is X₂.
Instances For
The matrix coefficients of H_I^N are those of the X₂-homotopy of the stabilization, from
an off-center state to a center state.
The coefficient of a center state x in H_I^N g sums, over the off-center states y,
the coefficient of y in g times the matrix coefficient of the X₂-homotopy from y to the
state with the center inserted into x.
H_I^N inverts the connecting map up to V_{s.succ} + V_{s.castSucc}. Following the
connecting map from center states to off-center states by H_I^N is multiplication by
V_{s.succ} + V_{s.castSucc}, the sum of the variables of the old O-marking of column s and
of the new O-marking.
H_I^N is a chain map. It intertwines the off-center differential with the center
differential.
The chain map #
The component H_I^N of the X₂-homotopy, as a chain map from the off-center complex to the
center complex.
Instances For
The component of the chain map H_I^N is stabilizeXOffCenterToCenter.
The connecting chain map followed by H_I^N is multiplication by
V_{s.succ} + V_{s.castSucc} on the center complex.