Contracting the shuffle of two odd twists #
The comparison map of Deligne's (2.11.1) at the free module of the
odd line against itself is a shuffle of two morphisms into R ⊗ 1-bar
followed by the contraction of the two odd legs. Every such
morphism is a morphism into R with an odd leg attached, and the
whole composite then splits: the algebra factors multiply, and what
is left is a pure coherence identity between the two ways of
contracting the two odd legs.
The four instances of that coherence identity — one for each pair of parities — are the content of this file. Two of them carry a sign, and the sign is the self-braiding of the odd line.
Splitting off the algebra factors. If two morphisms into
R ⊗ 1-bar are a morphism into R with an odd leg attached, then
shuffling them and contracting the two odd legs multiplies the two
morphisms into R, after a pure contraction of the odd legs.
The four contraction identities #
The middle-four interchange across two odd lines is minus the identity: its only braiding is the self-braiding of the line.
Contraction against a coevaluation carries a sign: the two odd legs cross.
Contraction against a unitor carries no sign: the free odd leg passes only the unit.
The even–even contraction: a sign.
The odd–even contraction: a sign.
The odd–odd contraction: no sign.
The even–odd contraction: no sign; it is the triangle identity of the odd line.