diff --git a/group.tex b/group.tex index 1dab4c7..d1ed5fe 100644 --- a/group.tex +++ b/group.tex @@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ \section{The sign homomorphism} \emph{can} be identified with $\set{\pm1}$,\footnote{% In this section, we identify $\USG_2$ with the set $\set{\pm1}$, which has a compatible abstract group structure given by multiplication.} -according to whether it transposes the elements of the $T$, or not. +according to whether it transposes the elements of $T$, or not. Hence, we can define the sign of any permutation of a finite set: \begin{definition}\label{def:sgn-permutation} Let $A$ be a finite set, and let $\sigma$ be a permutation of $A$. @@ -1839,17 +1839,20 @@ \section{The sign homomorphism} set $\Bsgn_\div(A)$, or not. We write $\sgn(\sigma):\set{\pm1}$ for the sign of $\sigma$. \end{definition} -For permutations of the standard $n$-element set, -this is the same as the value $\Usgn(\sigma) : \USG_2$. -Note that $\sgn$ defines an abstract homomorphism from $\Aut(A)$ to $\SG_2$ -for each $A$, since it does so for $A \jdeq \sh_{\SG_n}$. -Hence we in fact have homomorphisms $\sgn^A : \Hom(\Aut(A),\SG_2)$ -for all finite sets $A$.\footnote{% - We need to add the decoration signifying which finite set $A$ - is considered as reference, since the classifying map depends on it: - We can take $\Bsgn^A_\div(B) \defeq (\Bsgn_\div(A) \eqto \Bsgn_\div(B))$ - with the pointing given by the above identification of $\Bsgn^A_\div(A)$ - with $\set{\pm1}$.} +For permutations of the standard $n$-element set, this is the same as the value +$\Usgn(\sigma) : \USG_2$. Note that $\sgn$ defines an abstract homomorphism from +$\Aut(A)$ to $\SG_2$ for each $A$, since it does so for $A \jdeq +\sh_{\SG_n}$. Even better, this abstract homomorphism comes from a concrete one +$\sgn^A : \Hom(\Aut(A),\SG_2)$ for each finite set $A$. Indeed, since +$T \eqto U$ is a 2-element set for any 2-element sets $T$ and $U$, we can +consider the map $\Bsgn^A_\div : \BAut(A) \to \BSG_2$ that associates +$B : \BAut(A)$ with $(\Bsgn_\div(A) \eqto \Bsgn_\div(B))$. The identification of +$\Bsgn^A_\div(A)$ with $\{\pm1\}$ mentioned above makes $\Bsgn^A_\div$ into a +pointed map $\Bsgn^A : \BAut(A) \ptdto \BSG_2$, i.e., it defines an homomorphism +$\sgn^A : \Hom(\Aut(A),\SG_2)$, as announced.% +\footnote{This is an instance of a more general construction, called {\em + delooping} (see \cref{sec:delooping}). The formula for $\Bsgn^A_\div$ here is + very simple since $\SG_2$ is a fairly simple group.} % \begin{lemma}\label{lem:sign-properties} \begin{enumerate}