\section{Quotient descent and global extension} \label{sec:descent-global} The full-normal pairing identities make the cut-ball map smooth after the three disks are reglued. Its identity formula near the exterior attachment then permits extension to the compression body by the identity on the old region and unused handles. These two operations produce the quotient and global maps from the already constructed cut map. Throughout, \(e:v\to w\) is fixed and the pairing maps are those of \cref{prop:pair15}. We first descend through the central faces, then identify the quotient map on the inside half of the global interface, and finally adjoin the exterior identity. The terminal stabilization statement retains the distinct domains of the three maps and their marking conditions. \begin{figure}[htbp] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[ obj/.style={draw,rounded corners=3pt,inner sep=4pt}, arr/.style={-{Latex[length=2mm]},thick}, every node/.style={font=\small} ] \node[obj] (Kv) at (0,1.2) {\(K_v\)}; \node[obj] (Kw) at (4.6,1.2) {\(K_w\)}; \node[obj] (Uv) at (0,0) {\(U_{ijk,v}\)}; \node[obj] (Uw) at (4.6,0) {\(U_{ijk,w}\)}; \node[obj] (Wv) at (0,-1.2) {\((W,\mathfrak C_v)\)}; \node[obj] (Ww) at (4.6,-1.2) {\((W,\mathfrak C_w)\)}; \draw[arr] (Kv) -- node[above] {\(\widetilde F_e\)} (Kw); \draw[arr] (Uv) -- node[above] {\(f_{e,U}\)} (Uw); \draw[arr] (Wv) -- node[above] {\(F_e\)} (Ww); \draw[arr] (Kv) -- node[left] {\(\rho_v^{(3)}\)} (Uv); \draw[arr] (Kw) -- node[right] {\(\rho_w^{(3)}\)} (Uw); \draw[arr] (Uv) -- node[left=24pt,align=right] {extend by identity\\across \(E\)} (Wv); \draw[arr] (Uw) -- node[right=24pt,align=left] {extend by identity\\across \(E\)} (Ww); \node[align=center] at (2.3,-2.05) {full-normal pairing identities make the top square smooth through every seam}; \end{tikzpicture} \caption{Cut map, quotient descent, and global extension. The commuting square is \eqref{eq:quotient-descent}; smoothness uses the two directed full-normal pairing identities, not only equality on the central faces. The lower arrows record extension by the identity on the fixed exterior.} \label{fig:full-normal-collar-descent} \end{figure} \subsection{Smooth descent through the three paired faces} Let \(\sim_a\) be the equivalence relation on \(K_a\) generated by the three central signed-face identifications \begin{equation} \kappa_{r,a}^{-,(3)}(z,0) \sim_a \Pi_{r,a}^{-+,(3)}\kappa_{r,a}^{-,(3)}(z,0), \qquad r\in\{i,j,k\}. \label{eq:central-face-equivalence} \end{equation} Only the central faces are identified in the quotient. The positive-depth extensions of the pairing maps are seam charts used to prove smoothness; they are not additional quotient generators. Write \begin{equation} \rho_a^{(3)}:K_a\longrightarrow U_{ijk,a}=K_a/\!\sim_a \label{eq:quotient-map-section10} \end{equation} for the quotient. Its exposed-boundary trace is \(\rho_a\). \begin{proposition}[Quotient descent] \label{prop:quotient-descent} There is a unique orientation-preserving diffeomorphism \(\Fquot e:U_{ijk,v}\to U_{ijk,w}\) satisfying \begin{equation} \Fquot e\rho_v^{(3)}=\rho_w^{(3)}\Fcut e. \label{eq:quotient-descent} \end{equation} Its inverse is the descent of \((\Fcut e)^{-1}\), and on the exposed boundary \begin{equation} (\Fquot e|_{\partial_+U_{ijk,v}})\rho_v =\rho_w(\Fcut e|_{\partial K_v}). \label{eq:quotient-boundary-trace} \end{equation} \end{proposition} \begin{proof} The pairing conjugacies have two roles: they make the quotient formula independent of the chosen representative and make it smooth across each reglued disk. Define \[ \Fquot e([x]_v)=[\Fcut e(x)]_w. \] It is enough to check a generating pair. If \(x=\kappa_{r,v}^{-,(3)}(z,0)\) and \(y=\Pi_{r,v}^{-+,(3)}(x)\), then \eqref{eq:pair-forward} gives \[ \Fcut e(y) =\Pi_{r,w}^{-+,(3)}\Fcut e(x), \] so the two images represent the same \(w\)-class. The backward identity \eqref{eq:pair-backward} gives the same conclusion for the opposite directed generator. Thus the definition is independent of the chosen representative. Surjectivity of \(\rho_v^{(3)}\) gives uniqueness and \eqref{eq:quotient-descent}. Away from a reglued disk, the quotient chart is an ordinary cut-ball chart, so smoothness follows from \cref{prop:cut-map-gluing}. Near a reglued disk, use the common full-normal coordinates of \eqref{eq:source-full-normal-pairing}. The two representatives have the same normal variable, and \cref{prop:pair15} says that both expressions for the descended map, together with every derivative, coincide. Hence the quotient formula is smooth through the seam. Repeating the argument for \((\Fcut e)^{-1}\) produces a smooth inverse. Because the cut map is positive and the quotient normal is preserved, the descended map is orientation preserving. Restricting \eqref{eq:quotient-descent} to the exposed boundary gives \eqref{eq:quotient-boundary-trace}. \end{proof} \subsection{The global \texorpdfstring{\(E\)}{E}-seam} Let \(\cN_a^{\mathrm{in}}(E)\subset U_{ijk,a}\) be the image under \(\rho_a^{(3)}\) of the inside half of the cut chart \(\epsilon_{E,e,a}^{\mathrm{cut}}\). The supplied exterior marking identifies these endpoint neighborhoods, in their complete product coordinates, with one fixed inside-half neighborhood \(\cN^{\mathrm{in}}(E)\). Descending \eqref{eq:global-E-cut} yields \begin{equation} \Fquot e|_{\cN^{\mathrm{in}}(E)}=\id. \label{eq:global-E-inside-identity} \end{equation} Let \(\cN^{\mathrm{out}}(E)\) be the supplied exterior product half and set \begin{equation} \cN^{\mathrm{two}}(E) =\cN^{\mathrm{in}}(E)\mathop{\cup}_E\cN^{\mathrm{out}}(E). \label{eq:two-sided-global-E-neighborhood} \end{equation} Also let \(W_{\mathrm{old}}\) be the fixed old region. For each \(t\notin\{i,j,k\}\), let \(\cN_t\) be the fixed product neighborhood of the \(t\)-th unused handle together with its complete marking. \begin{proposition}[Global extension and ownership] \label{prop:global-extension} The formula \begin{equation} \Fglob e(x)= \begin{cases} \Fquot e(x),&x\in U_{ijk,v},\\ x,&x\in W\setminus\Int U_{ijk,v} \end{cases} \label{eq:global-map-piecewise} \end{equation} defines an orientation-preserving complete-marked diffeomorphism \((W,\mathfrak C_v)\to(W,\mathfrak C_w)\). It satisfies \begin{align} \Fglob e|_{\cN^{\mathrm{two}}(E)}&=\id, \label{eq:global-E-two-sided-identity}\\ \Fglob e|_{W_{\mathrm{old}}}&=\id, \qquad \Fglob e|_{\bigcup_{t\notin\{i,j,k\}}\cN_t}=\id, \label{eq:old-unused-identity}\\ (\Fglob e|_{\partial_+W})\rho_v &=\rho_w(\Fcut e|_{\partial K_v}). \label{eq:global-boundary-conjugacy} \end{align} Thus the three maps occur in the fixed order \begin{equation} \Fcut e\longmapsto\Fquot e\longmapsto\Fglob e. \label{eq:map-registry-section10} \end{equation} \end{proposition} \begin{proof} The quotient map is already the identity on the inside of the \(E\)-collar; extending \(\Fquot e\) by the identity on the exterior therefore uses one coordinate formula on the full bicollar. In the two-sided product coordinate \(E\times(-\delta,\delta)\), the first branch of \eqref{eq:global-map-piecewise} is the identity for the inside sign by \eqref{eq:global-E-inside-identity}; the second branch is the identity for the outside sign by definition. At the central face, both expressions and all normal derivatives are those of the same coordinate identity. Consequently they glue to a smooth map on \(\cN^{\mathrm{two}}(E)\), proving \eqref{eq:global-E-two-sided-identity}. The same argument applied to the piecewise inverse, using the inverse from \cref{prop:quotient-descent}, gives a smooth two-sided inverse on \(W\). Positivity follows from positivity on the protected sector and the identity exterior branch. The old and unused regions lie in the exterior branch, proving \eqref{eq:old-unused-identity}. On the outgoing boundary, \eqref{eq:global-map-piecewise} and \eqref{eq:quotient-boundary-trace} give \eqref{eq:global-boundary-conjugacy}. All vertex markings were fixed before the edge maps, and the cut-level marked germs are transported by \cref{prop:cut-stabilization}; adjoining the fixed exterior marking therefore equips \(\Fglob e\) with the complete marking. Finally, each arrow in \eqref{eq:map-registry-section10} is a construction from the preceding map, so none of the three stages can be reselected independently. \end{proof} \begin{remark}[The case \(N=3\)] \label{rem:N3-global-extension} If \(N=3\), the set of indices \(t\notin\{i,j,k\}\) is empty and hence \(\bigcup_t\cN_t=\varnothing\). The last identity in \eqref{eq:old-unused-identity} is then a valid empty-domain statement. The old region and the two-sided global-\(E\) neighborhood remain present. No argument above requires an unused handle. \end{remark} \subsection{Terminal stabilization} \begin{corollary}[Stage-correct stabilization] \label{cor:terminal-stabilization} For each edge, the cut-level conclusion of \cref{prop:cut-stabilization}, the descended global-\(E\) identity, and the exterior identities of \cref{prop:global-extension} form one complete stabilization package. Its cut clauses are owned by \(\Fcut e\), its quotient clause by \(\Fquot e\), and its global/exterior clauses by \(\Fglob e\). The endpoint parameterization \(p_v\) is fixed metadata and is not asserted to be fixed pointwise by \(\Fglob e\). \end{corollary} \begin{proof} All cut-ball words, ribbons, spokes, detector data, pairings, and the global-\(E\) cut trace were proved before descent in \cref{prop:cut-stabilization}. Equation \eqref{eq:global-E-inside-identity} adds the descended inside half, and \eqref{eq:global-E-two-sided-identity} adds the exterior half. Equation \eqref{eq:old-unused-identity} is the first statement involving the old or unused regions. These domains exhaust the marking fields attached to the protected sector and its exterior completion, proving the combined claim with the stated ownership. Since \(p_v\) is used only to identify the outgoing boundary with the fixed surface \(Y\), no pointwise \(\Fglob e\)-invariance of \(p_v\) is needed or implied. \end{proof}