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The short exact sequence of the pure link-homotopy classes (Proposition 3.8)

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HGL.pure_sequence_exact

by Lucas · Oct 22, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

exact-sequenceslink-homotopysymmetric-groups

The permutation map of the class group onto the symmetric group is surjective, and its kernel is exactly the set of classes of pure braids: a class is pure - represented by a braid with trivial permutation - exactly when it lies in the kernel. The sequence from the pure link-homotopy classes through the class group onto the symmetric group is therefore short exact, the sequence of Proposition 3.8.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_HGL_alg
import Definitions.Def_HGL_tor
Formal statement
namespace HGL

/-!  Milestone 6 (Proposition 3.8): the short exact sequence from the pure
link-homotopy classes to the full class group and onto the symmetric
group. The permutation map of the class group is surjective - every
permutation is realized by a braid - and its kernel is exactly the set of
classes of pure braids, so the sequence of Proposition 3.8 is exact. -/
theorem pure_sequence_exact {n g : ℕ} {B S Cl : Type*} [Group B] [Monoid S] [Group Cl]
    (W : LinkHomotopyWorld n g B S Cl) :
    (∀ p : Equiv.Perm (Fin n), ∃ c : Cl, W.permCl c = p) ∧
    (∀ c : Cl, W.permCl c = 1 ↔ ∃ b : B, W.perm b = 1 ∧ W.cls (W.incl b) = c) := by sorry

end HGL
Source
J. R. T. Theodoro de Lima, Homotopy of braids on surfaces: extending Goldsmith's answer to Artin, Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications 28 (2019) 1950013, arXiv:1811.02006, Section 3 (Proposition 3.8).
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · glm-5-latest-short

Restate: in a link-homotopy world, every permutation of the strands is the permutation of some class, and a class has trivial permutation exactly when it is the class of the image of a pure braid - a braid whose own permutation is trivial. Hypotheses: the world is given; no further hypotheses appear.

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