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The admissible Wada deleted minor equals based twisted torsion

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice convention of the twisted-chain definition. Let X be a certified based deficiency-one exterior spine with one 0-cell, n≥2 1-cells and n−1 2-cells, let ψ:π1(X)↠H≅Zm have m≥1, let ρ:π1(X)→GLd(F), and let H1(C∗ρ,ψ(X;F[H]d)) be torsion over F[H]. Form the Fox block matrix J and a chosen Wada column quotient Wj=det⁡(Jj^)/Dj with Dj=det⁡(ρ(xj)ψ(xj)−Id)≠0. Then the fraction-field complex is acyclic, det⁡(Jj^)≠0, and Wj equals its based twisted Reidemeister torsion in Q×/Uρ,ψ. Every admissible deleted column gives the same class. This conclusion applies only to the specified cellular spine; an abstract presentation of the same group is insufficient.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: AC; the certified based deficiency-one exterior spine; a positive-rank free abelian deck epimorphism; a field-valued representation; torsion degree-one homology over the Laurent ring; and an index j with Dj≠0.

[A1]

AC is inherited from the maximal-abelian-cover convention. The Axiom of Choice

[F1]

J has blocks Φ(∂ri/∂xk), Dj=det⁡(ρ(xj)ψ(xj)−Id), and Wj=det⁡(Jj^)/Dj only for Dj≠0. The admissible Wada quotient of a deficiency-one exterior spine

[F2]

With row coefficient vectors, ∂1 sends y=(y1,…,yn) to ∑kykAk for Ak=ρ(xk)ψ(xk)−Id, and ∂2 acts on the right by the Fox block matrix J. The evaluated Fox Jacobian is the twisted cellular boundary

[F3]

Under the positive-rank deck and cell-count hypotheses, torsion H1 implies the fraction-field complex is acyclic. Torsion first homology forces twisted acyclicity for a deficiency-one exterior spine

[F4]

Changing cell lifts, orientations or certified simple-spine structure changes the torsion only by Uρ,ψ. Based twisted torsion changes only by determinant and deck units

[F5]

For an acyclic based complex, torsion is the alternating product of determinants of boundary bases and their lifts in the chosen cellular bases. Twisted chain complex and based Reidemeister torsion for link exteriors

Proof

1.1A1givenF3

By [A1] and [F3], the fraction-field complex 0→Q(n−1)d→∂2Qnd→∂1Qd→0 is acyclic. Therefore ∂2 is injective and its image is ker⁡∂1, both of dimension (n−1)d.

2.1givenF2step 1.1algebra

In the ordered 1-cell basis, [F2] gives the stacked d1 blocks A1,…,An; a row vector y=(y1,…,yn) lies in its kernel exactly when ∑kykAk=0. Since Aj is invertible, projection pj^:ker⁡d1→Q(n−1)d onto all non-j blocks is an isomorphism: for arbitrary non-j row coordinates yk, the unique missing coordinate is yj=−(∑k≠jykAk)Aj−1. Thus pj^∂2 is an isomorphism, and its row-coefficient matrix is Jj^ by [F2]. In particular det⁡(Jj^)≠0.

3.1F1F2F4F5step 2.1algebra

Let c0,c1,c2 be the standard cellular bases. In degree zero choose b0=c0. In degree one choose b1=∂2c2, and lift b0 to degree one using the j-block Aj−1 and zero in the other blocks. After moving the j-block to the final position, the matrix of [b1,b~0] in c1 is block triangular with diagonal blocks Jj^ and Aj−1; its determinant is ±det⁡(Jj^)/Dj. The degree-zero and degree-two torsion brackets equal 1, so [F5] gives τ=±Wj. The sign lies in Uρ,ψ by [F4], proving the equality of classes.

4.1F1F4step 3.1algebra∎

The same construction applies to every index k with Dk≠0. Each quotient class equals the single torsion class of the same based complex by step 3.1; hence all admissible columns give the same class in Q×/Uρ,ψ.

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