Fibres of the resolution saddle correspondence #
When one target circle passes through a changed crossing, the saddle correspondence collapses
all source circles through that crossing and is a bijection elsewhere. This file characterizes
its fibres and extends it to all resolved circles, retaining every crossing-free circle label.
The only possible collision is between the source circles in slots 0 and 2. When these
circles are distinct, the correspondence is exactly a merge of two circles, and the total
circle count decreases by one; along any saddle edge it changes by exactly one
(TauCeti.PDCode.card_resolvedCircle_of_saddle). These facts identify the factors multiplied by
a resolution saddle on indexed circle tensors.
More generally, if only one circle of t passes through each crossing at which s and t
differ, the circle of a half-edge in s determines its circle in t
(TauCeti.PDCode.coarseningResolvedCircleMap). This compares states two crossings apart around a
face of the cube of resolutions.
References #
- M. Khovanov, A categorification of the Jones polynomial, Duke Math. J. 101 (2000), §2.
Two source circles have the same saddle image exactly when they coincide or both meet the changed crossing.
The saddle correspondence on all resolved circles. It preserves each crossing-free label.
Instances For
Every target resolved circle is hit by the saddle.
The only possible distinct circles identified by the full saddle map are the two circles
through the changed crossing, represented by slots 0 and 2.
The fibre over the target circle through the crossing consists of the source circles
through slots 0 and 2.
As a finite set, the fibre through the crossing is the pair of source circles in opposite slots; repeated entries are counted only once.
The product over the changed fibre is the product of the two merged factors.
The product over an unchanged fibre is its sole source factor. This includes every crossing-free circle.
The target label at the changed circle is the Boolean disjunction of the two source labels. This describes label transport even when the two source circles coincide.
A crossing-bearing circle avoiding the changed crossing retains its Boolean label.
Away from the merged target circle every fibre is a singleton.
A two-to-one saddle reduces the total number of circles by one, including isolated circles.
Along a saddle edge the circle count drops by one if two circles merge, and rises by one if a circle splits.
The circles of a coarser smoothing. If only one circle of t passes through each
crossing at which s and t differ, the circle of a half-edge in the smoothing s determines
its circle in the smoothing t. Crossing-free circles retain their labels. For one changed
crossing this is the saddle correspondence TauCeti.PDCode.saddleResolvedCircleMap.
Instances For
For states differing at one crossing, the coarsening correspondence is the saddle correspondence.