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Lemma 4.6. Let WW be a smooth, oriented, connected, compact four-manifold. Fix B3⊂∂WB^{3}\subset\partial W and consider a link L1L_{1} that intersects B3B^{3} in a tangle T1T_{1} with boundary ∂T1=Pp\partial T_{1}=P_{p}, i.e. L1=R∪PpT1L_{1}=R\cup_{P_{p}}T_{1}. Now let T2T_{2} be another such tangle and L2=R∪PpT2L_{2}=R\cup_{P_{p}}T_{2}, then we have a grading-preserving gluing map

𝒮0N(W;L1,𝕜)⊗𝒮0N(B4;T2∪PpT1¯,𝕜){p(N−1)}→𝒮0N(W;L2,𝕜).\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(W;L_{1},\mathbbm{k})\otimes\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(B^{4};T_{2}\cup_{P_{p}}\overline{T_{1}},\mathbbm{k})\{p(N-1)\}\to\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(W;L_{2},\mathbbm{k}).

Moreover, these gluing maps are compatible with composition in 𝒮0N​(B3,Pp,𝕜)\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(B^{3};P_{p},\mathbbm{k}) in the sense that all diagrams of the following type commute:

𝒮0N(W;L1,𝕜)⊗𝒮0N(B4;T2∪PpT1¯,𝕜)⊗𝒮0N(B4;T3∪PpT2¯,𝕜){2p(N−1)}{\lx@inpgf@ignorespaces\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(W;L_{1},\mathbbm{k})\otimes\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(B^{4};T_{2}\cup_{P_{p}}\overline{T_{1}},\mathbbm{k})\otimes\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(B^{4};T_{3}\cup_{P_{p}}\overline{T_{2}},\mathbbm{k})\{2p(N-1)\}}𝒮0N(W;L2,𝕜)⊗𝒮0N(B4;T3∪PpT2¯,𝕜){p(N−1)}{\lx@inpgf@ignorespaces\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(W;L_{2},\mathbbm{k})\otimes\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(B^{4};T_{3}\cup_{P_{p}}\overline{T_{2}},\mathbbm{k})\{p(N-1)\}}𝒮0N(W;L1,𝕜)⊗𝒮0N(B4;T3∪PpT1¯,𝕜){p(N−1)}{\lx@inpgf@ignorespaces\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(W;L_{1},\mathbbm{k})\otimes\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(B^{4};T_{3}\cup_{P_{p}}\overline{T_{1}},\mathbbm{k})\{p(N-1)\}}𝒮0N​(W,L3,𝕜){\lx@inpgf@ignorespaces\mathcal{S}_{0}^{N}(W;L_{3},\mathbbm{k})}
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Proof. Straightforward on the level of lasagna fillings. The map descends to the quotient since skein relations are local. ∎

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Ciprian Manolescu, Kevin Walker, Paul Wedrich

Original source: arXiv:2206.04616v2