IndisputableMonolith.Foundation.UnknotComplementRetract
Geometric foundation module that builds the unknot as a continuous embedding of the circle into Euclidean space, together with coordinate inclusions, a projection, and the complement that carries a retract. Anyone reading the public dual forcing spine (δ-stratified tower) cites it for the topological side of the continuum cut. Contents are mostly definitions plus elementary injectivity, continuity, and embedding lemmas.
claimCoordinate inclusions $i_{01}:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}^4$, $(x_0,x_1)\mapsto(x_0,x_1,0,0)$ (linear isometry) and $i_{23}$, continuous projection $p_{23}$, unknot map as a continuous embedding $S^1\hookrightarrow\mathbb{R}^n$, and the open complement $C$ of its image equipped with a retract structure.
background
Recognition Science Foundation work separates a Boolean certificate spine from a public dual surface that is honestly δ-stratified. The continuum cut on that surface needs a concrete geometric model of an embedded circle whose complement retracts in a controlled way; this module supplies that model in Euclidean coordinates.
The basic maps are the linear isometric inclusion of the first two coordinates, the companion inclusion of the last two, and the continuous projection onto the last two. From these one builds an explicit unknot parametrization, proves it is injective and an embedding, and names the open complement of its image. Continuity of the projection is recorded so later arguments can treat the retract as a continuous map on that complement.
Notation follows standard Euclidean product coordinates; no Recognition-specific cost functional appears inside the file itself.
proof idea
Definition-heavy module. Inclusions and the projection are introduced by explicit coordinate formulas; continuity of the projection is a short Mathlib appeal. The unknot map is defined as a concrete parametrization; injectivity and the embedding property are proved by direct coordinate comparison and the closed-map criterion. The complement is the set-theoretic complement of the image, with the retract assembled from the projection and inclusions. No deep algebraic identity or forcing-chain step is proved here.
why it matters in Recognition Science
PublicSpine imports the module as part of the public dual of UnifiedForcingChain. That dual keeps the Boolean spine for pedagogy while exposing a δ-only tower (ℕ/ℤ/ℚ) and an explicit continuum cut (classicalExtension). The unknot complement retract gives a concrete topological carrier for arguments that must not place ¬ℝ under the δ-only regime (panel K2). It does not itself force φ, the eight-tick octave, or D=3; those remain upstream in the T5–T8 chain. The file closes a geometric scaffolding gap so the public spine can cite a named embedding and retract rather than an informal sketch.
scope and limits
- Does not prove any step of the T0–T8 forcing chain or J-uniqueness.
- Does not construct the Recognition cost J or invoke the Recognition Composition Law.
- Does not claim the unknot complement classifies 3-manifolds or computes knot invariants.
- Does not place the continuum under the δ-only tower; that cut lives in PublicSpine.
- Does not address mass ladders, α, or dimension forcing.
used by (1)
declarations in this module (23)
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def
incl01 -
def
incl23 -
def
proj23 -
lemma
proj23_continuous -
lemma
incl01_apply_coord -
lemma
incl23_apply_coord -
lemma
proj23_apply_coord -
def
unknotFun -
def
unknot -
lemma
unknot_injective -
theorem
unknot_isEmbedding -
def
Cpl -
lemma
coord23_eq_zero_of_mem_range -
def
coreFun -
def
core -
def
part23 -
lemma
part23_continuous -
lemma
part23_ne_zero -
def
retractFun -
def
retractToCore -
theorem
retract_core -
theorem
retract_comp_core -
theorem
unknotComplementH1_ne_zero