Lemma 13.3 (Lebesgue covering lemma). Let M be a compact metric space
and let U : ι → Set M be an open cover. Then there is ε > 0 such that
for every x ∈ M, the ball B_ε(x) is contained in some U i.
The barycenter of n + 1 points v 0, …, v n in a real normed space:
the average (n + 1)⁻¹ · Σ v i.
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The displacement from a vertex v i to the barycenter expressed as the
scaled sum of all vertex displacements v j - v i.
The barycenter of vertices v 0, …, v n lies in the convex hull of
range v.
The distance from the barycenter of vertices v 0, …, v n to any
vertex v i is bounded by n / (n + 1) times the diameter of the vertex
set. This is the key estimate used in the proof of Lemma 13.1.
The distance from the barycenter of vertices v 0, …, v n to any point
of the convex hull conv(range v) is bounded by n / (n + 1) times the
diameter of the vertex set.
Inductive predicate IsSubdivSimplex v τ characterising the vertex
sets τ ⊆ E of simplices arising in the barycentric subdivision of the
affine simplex with vertices v. The base case is a single point; the
cone step adjoins the barycenter of v to a face subdivision.
- point {E : Type u_1} [SeminormedAddCommGroup E] [NormedSpace ℝ E] (v : Fin 1 → E) : IsSubdivSimplex v {v 0}
- cone {E : Type u_1} [SeminormedAddCommGroup E] [NormedSpace ℝ E] {n : ℕ} (v : Fin (n + 2) → E) (k : Fin (n + 2)) (τ : Set E) (hτ : IsSubdivSimplex (v ∘ k.succAbove) τ) : IsSubdivSimplex v (insert (barycenter (n + 1) v) τ)
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Every subdivision simplex of an affine simplex σ with vertices v
is contained in the convex hull of range v, i.e. in σ itself.
Every subdivision simplex is a bounded subset of E.
The diameter of any face of the affine simplex with vertices v is at
most the diameter of range v.
Lemma 13.1 (subdivision diameter bound). For any subdivision simplex
τ of the affine n-simplex σ with vertices v,
diam(τ) ≤ n / (n + 1) · diam(σ).
The k-fold composition of a chain-complex endomorphism f : C ⟶ C,
i.e. f^k. Used to express iterates of the subdivision operator
$^k : S_*(X) → S_*(X) from Lemma 13.4.
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The 0-th iterate of f is the identity.
The (n + 1)-th iterate of f factors as f followed by f^n.
Lemma 13.4 (chain-level witness). For every k, the k-fold iterate
$^k of the subdivision operator is chain-homotopic to the identity on
S_*(X). The witness is built by induction on k, composing the one-step
subdivision chain homotopy with the previous iterate.
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Lemma 13.4. For every k ≥ 0, $^k ≃ 1 : S_*(X) → S_*(X) as chain
maps, i.e. there exists a chain homotopy between the k-th iterate of the
subdivision operator and the identity.