6.3.2. Lipshitz-Ozsváth-Thurston’s strands algebras
Fix .
The differential algebra
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is the opposite of the strands algebra with places of
[LiOzTh1, Definition 3.2].
There is a grading on by a group
[LiOzTh1, §3.3.1]. This gives rise to a grading by
on .
The group identifies with the index subgroup
of via
(cf Remark 6.2.6 and the identification of
with the set
before Lemma 6.2.7). Via
this isomorphism, the -grading on comes from
our -grading on .