Proof. The first isomorphism is given by a 1-handle attachment to as in Lemma 4.1. The second isomorphism can be proved similarly: Let be a lasagna filling of and consider its intersection with a fiber . Up to a small isotopy, we may assume that the filling intersects transversely (in lasagna sheet, not in input balls) and disjointly from . Then for small , the intersection is an identity cobordism on a link . We replace this by a sum over pairs of input balls labelled with basis and dual basis elements of respectively. The resulting closed lasagna filling is supported in a single and can, thus, be identified with a scalar multiple of the empty filling. ∎
Original source: arXiv:2206.04616v2