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     2 \nn{Not sure where this goes yet: small blobs, unfinished:}
     2 \nn{Not sure where this goes yet: small blobs, unfinished:}
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     4 Fix $\cU$, an open cover of $M$. Define the `small blob complex' $\bc^{\cU}_*(M)$ to be the subcomplex of $\bc_*(M)$ of all blob diagrams in which every blob is contained in some open set of $\cU$. Say that an open cover $\cV$ is strictly subordinate to $\cU$ if every open set of $\cV$ is contained in some closed set which is contained in some open set of $\cU$.
     4 Fix $\cU$, an open cover of $M$. Define the `small blob complex' $\bc^{\cU}_*(M)$ to be the subcomplex of $\bc_*(M)$ of all blob diagrams in which every blob is contained in some open set of $\cU$. Say that an open cover $\cV$ is strictly subordinate to $\cU$ if every open set of $\cV$ is contained in some closed set which is contained in some open set of $\cU$.
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     6 \begin{lem}
     6 \begin{lem}
     7 For any open cover $\cU$ of $M$ and strictly subordinate open cover $\cV$, we can choose an up-to-homotopy representative $\ev_{X,\cU,\cV}$ of the chain map $\ev_X$ of Property ?? which gives the action of families of homeomorphisms, so that the restriction of $\ev_{X,\cU,\cV} : \CH{X} \tensor \bc_*(X) \to \bc_*(X)$ to the subcomplex $\CH{X} \tensor \bc^{\cV}_*(X)$ has image contained in the small blob complex $\bc^{\cU}_*(X)$.
     7 \label{lem:CH-small-blobs}
       
     8 For any open cover $\cU$ of $M$ and strictly subordinate open cover $\cV$, and for any $k \in \Natural$, we can choose an up-to-homotopy representative $\ev_{M,\cU,\cV,k}$ of the chain map $\ev_M$ of Property \ref{property:evaluation} which gives the action of families of homeomorphisms, which restricts to give a map $$\ev_{M,\cU,\cV,k} : C_{*\leq k}(\Homeo(M)) \tensor \bc^{\cV}_*(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_*(M).$$
     8 \end{lem}
     9 \end{lem}
     9 \begin{rem}
    10 \begin{rem}
    10 This says that while we can't quite get a map $\CH{X} \tensor \bc^{\cU}_*(X) \to \bc^{\cU}_*(X)$, we can get by if we give ourselves arbitrarily little room to maneuver, by making the blobs we act on slightly smaller.
    11 This says that while we can't quite get a map $\CH{M} \tensor \bc^{\cU}_*(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_*(M)$, we can get by if we give ourselves arbitrarily little room to maneuver, by making the blobs we act on slightly smaller.
    11 \end{rem}
    12 \end{rem}
    12 \begin{proof}
    13 \begin{proof}
    13 \todo{We have to choose the open cover differently for each $k$...}
       
    14 We choose yet another open cover, $\cW$, which so fine that the union (disjoint or not) of any one open set $V \in \cV$ with $k$ open sets $W_i \in \cW$ is contained in a disjoint union of open sets of $\cU$.
    14 We choose yet another open cover, $\cW$, which so fine that the union (disjoint or not) of any one open set $V \in \cV$ with $k$ open sets $W_i \in \cW$ is contained in a disjoint union of open sets of $\cU$.
    15 \todo{explain why we can do this, and then why it works.}
    15 Now, in the proof of Proposition \ref{CHprop}
       
    16 \todo{I think I need to understand better that proof before I can write this!}
    16 \end{proof}
    17 \end{proof}
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    18 \begin{thm}[Small blobs]
    19 \begin{thm}[Small blobs]
    19 The inclusion $i: \bc^{\cU}_*(M) \into \bc_*(M)$ is a homotopy equivalence.
    20 The inclusion $i: \bc^{\cU}_*(M) \into \bc_*(M)$ is a homotopy equivalence.
    20 \end{thm}
    21 \end{thm}
    22 We begin by describing the homotopy inverse in small degrees, to illustrate the general technique.
    23 We begin by describing the homotopy inverse in small degrees, to illustrate the general technique.
    23 We will construct a chain map $s:  \bc_*(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_*(M)$ and a homotopy $h:\bc_*(M) \to \bc_{*+1}(M)$ so that $\bdy h+h \bdy=i\circ s - \id$. The composition $s \circ i$ will just be the identity.
    24 We will construct a chain map $s:  \bc_*(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_*(M)$ and a homotopy $h:\bc_*(M) \to \bc_{*+1}(M)$ so that $\bdy h+h \bdy=i\circ s - \id$. The composition $s \circ i$ will just be the identity.
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    25 On $0$-blobs, $s$ is just the identity; a blob diagram without any blobs is compatible with any open cover. Nevertheless, we'll begin introducing nomenclature at this point: for configuration $\beta$ of disjoint embedded balls in $M$ we'll associate a one parameter family of homeomorphisms $\phi_\beta : \Delta^1 \to \Homeo(M)$ (here $\Delta^m$ is the standard simplex $\setc{\mathbf{x} \in \Real^{m+1}}{\sum_{i=0}^m x_i = 1}$). For $0$-blobs, where $\beta = \eset$, all these homeomorphisms are just the identity.
    26 On $0$-blobs, $s$ is just the identity; a blob diagram without any blobs is compatible with any open cover. Nevertheless, we'll begin introducing nomenclature at this point: for configuration $\beta$ of disjoint embedded balls in $M$ we'll associate a one parameter family of homeomorphisms $\phi_\beta : \Delta^1 \to \Homeo(M)$ (here $\Delta^m$ is the standard simplex $\setc{\mathbf{x} \in \Real^{m+1}}{\sum_{i=0}^m x_i = 1}$). For $0$-blobs, where $\beta = \eset$, all these homeomorphisms are just the identity.
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    27 \todo{have to decide which open cover we're going to use in the action of homeomorphisms, and then ensure that we make $\beta$ sufficiently small to apply the lemma above.}
    28 When $\beta$ is a collection of disjoint embedded balls in $M$, we say that a homeomorphism of $M$ `makes $\beta$ small' if the image of each ball in $\beta$ under the homeomorphism is contained in some open set of $\cU$. Further, we'll say a homeomorphism `makes $\beta$ $\epsilon$-small' if the image of each ball is contained in some open ball of radius $\epsilon$.
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    29 On a $1$-blob $b$, with ball $\beta$, $s$ is defined as the sum of two terms. Essentially, the first term `makes $\beta$ small', while the other term `gets the boundary right'. First, pick a one-parameter family $\phi_\beta : \Delta^1 \to \Homeo(M)$ of homeomorphisms, so $\phi_\beta(1,0)$ is the identity and $\phi_\beta(0,1)$ makes the ball $\beta$ small. Next, pick a two-parameter family $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta} : \Delta^2 \to \Homeo(M)$ so that $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}(0,x_1,x_2)$ makes the ball $\beta$ small for all $x_1+x_2=1$, while $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}(x_0,0,x_2) = \phi_\eset(x_0,x_2)$ and $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}(x_0,x_1,0) = \phi_\beta(x_0,x_1)$. (It's perhaps not obvious that this is even possible --- see Lemma \ref{lem:extend-small-homeomorphisms} below.) We now define $s$ by
    30 On a $1$-blob $b$, with ball $\beta$, $s$ is defined as the sum of two terms. Essentially, the first term `makes $\beta$ small', while the other term `gets the boundary right'. First, pick a one-parameter family $\phi_\beta : \Delta^1 \to \Homeo(M)$ of homeomorphisms, so $\phi_\beta(1,0)$ is the identity and $\phi_\beta(0,1)$ makes the ball $\beta$ small --- in fact, not just small with respect to $\cU$, but $\epsilon/2$-small, where $\epsilon > 0$ is such that every $\epsilon$ ball is contained in some open set of $\cU$. Next, pick a two-parameter family $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta} : \Delta^2 \to \Homeo(M)$ so that $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}(0,x_1,x_2)$ makes the ball $\beta$ $\frac{3\epsilon}{4}$-small for all $x_1+x_2=1$, while $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}(x_0,0,x_2) = \phi_\eset(x_0,x_2)$ and $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}(x_0,x_1,0) = \phi_\beta(x_0,x_1)$. (It's perhaps not obvious that this is even possible --- see Lemma \ref{lem:extend-small-homeomorphisms} below.) We now define $s$ by
    30 $$s(b) = \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(b) + \restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0}(\bdy b).$$
    31 $$s(b) = \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(b) + \restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0}(\bdy b).$$
    31 Here, $\restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0} = \phi_\beta(0,1)$ is just a homeomorphism, which we apply to $b$, while $\restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0}$ is a one parameter family of homeomorphisms which acts on the $0$-blob $\bdy b$ to give a $1$-blob.
    32 Here, $\restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0} = \phi_\beta(0,1)$ is just a homeomorphism, which we apply to $b$, while $\restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0}$ is a one parameter family of homeomorphisms which acts on the $0$-blob $\bdy b$ to give a $1$-blob. To be precise, this action is via the chain map identified in Lemma \ref{lem:CH-small-blobs} as $\ev_{M, \cU, \cV, 1}$, where $\cV$ is the open cover by $\epsilon/2$ balls. From this, it is immediate that $s(b) \in \bc^{\cU}_1(M)$, as desired.
    32 \todo{Does $s$ actually land in small blobs?}
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    33 We now check that $s$, as defined so far, is a chain map, calculating
    34 We now check that $s$, as defined so far, is a chain map, calculating
    34 \begin{align*}
    35 \begin{align*}
    35 \bdy (s(b)) & = \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) + (\bdy \restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0})(\bdy b) \\
    36 \bdy (s(b)) & = \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) + (\bdy \restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0})(\bdy b) \\
    36 		 & = \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) + \restrict{\phi_\eset}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) - \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) \\
    37 		 & = \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) + \restrict{\phi_\eset}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) - \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) \\
    37 		 & = \restrict{\phi_\eset}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) \\
    38 		 & = \restrict{\phi_\eset}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) \\
    38 		 & = s(\bdy b)
    39 		 & = s(\bdy b)
    39 \end{align*}
    40 \end{align*}
    40 Next, we compute the compositions $s \circ i$ and $i \circ s$. If we start with a small $1$-blob diagram $b$, first include it up to the full blob complex then apply $s$, we get exactly back to $b$, at least assuming we adopt the convention that for any ball $\beta$ which is already small, we choose the families of homeomorphisms $\phi_\beta$ and $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}$ to always be the identity. In the other direction, $i \circ s$, we will need to construct a homotopy $h:\bc_*(M) \to \bc_{*+1}(M)$ for $*=0$ or $1$. This is defined by $h(b) = \phi_\eset(b)$ when $b$ is a $0$-blob (here $\phi_\eset$ is a one parameter family of homeomorphisms, so this is a $1$-blob), and $h(b) = \phi_\beta(b) + \phi_{\eset \prec \beta}(\bdy b)$ when $b$ is a $1$-blob (here $\beta$ is the ball in $b$, and the first term is the action of a one parameter family of homeomorphisms on a $1$-blob, and the second term is the action of a two parameter family of homeomorphisms on a $0$-blob, so both are $2$-blobs).
    41 Next, we compute the compositions $s \circ i$ and $i \circ s$. If we start with a small $1$-blob diagram $b$, first include it up to the full blob complex then apply $s$, we get exactly back to $b$, at least assuming we adopt the convention that for any ball $\beta$ which is already small, we choose the families of homeomorphisms $\phi_\beta$ and $\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}$ to always be the identity. In the other direction, $i \circ s$, we will need to construct a homotopy $h:\bc_*(M) \to \bc_{*+1}(M)$ for $*=0$ or $1$.
       
    42 In what follows, it will be necessary to use different actions of families of homeomorphisms at different stages. We'll write $\ev_k$ for the chain map $\ev_{M,\cU, \cV_k, k}$ from Lemma \ref{lem:CH-small-blobs}, where $\cV_k$ is the open cover by $\epsilon(1-2^{-k})$ balls.
       
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    44 The homotopy $h$ is defined by $$h(b) = \ev_1(\phi_\eset, b)$$ when $b$ is a $0$-blob (here $\phi_\eset$ is a one parameter family of homeomorphisms, so this is a $1$-blob), and $$h(b) = \ev_1(\phi_\beta,b) + \ev_2(\phi_{\eset \prec \beta},\bdy b)$$ when $b$ is a $1$-blob (here $\beta$ is the ball in $b$, and the first term is the action of a one parameter family of homeomorphisms on a $1$-blob, and the second term is the action of a two parameter family of homeomorphisms on a $0$-blob, so both are $2$-blobs).
    41 \begin{align*}
    45 \begin{align*}
    42 (\bdy h+h \bdy)(b) & = \bdy (\phi_{\beta}(b) + \phi_{\eset \prec \beta}{\bdy b}) + \phi_\eset(\bdy b)  \\
    46 (\bdy h+h \bdy)(b) & = \bdy (\phi_{\beta}(b) + \phi_{\eset \prec \beta}(\bdy b)) + \phi_\eset(\bdy b)  \\
    43 	& =  \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(b) - \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_1=0}(b) - \phi_\beta(\bdy b) + (\bdy \phi_{\eset \prec \beta})(\bdy b) + \phi_\eset(\bdy b) \\
    47 	& =  \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(b) - \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_1=0}(b) - \phi_\beta(\bdy b) + (\bdy \phi_{\eset \prec \beta})(\bdy b) + \phi_\eset(\bdy b) \\
    44 	& =  \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(b) - b - \phi_\beta(\bdy b) + \restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) -  \phi_\eset(\bdy b) + \phi_\beta(\bdy b) + \phi_\eset(\bdy b) \\
    48 	& =  \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(b) - b - \phi_\beta(\bdy b) + \restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) -  \phi_\eset(\bdy b) + \phi_\beta(\bdy b) + \phi_\eset(\bdy b) \\
    45 	& = \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(b) - b + \restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) \\
    49 	& = \restrict{\phi_\beta}{x_0=0}(b) - b + \restrict{\phi_{\eset \prec \beta}}{x_0=0}(\bdy b) \\
    46 	& = (i \circ s - \id)(b)
    50 	& = (i \circ s - \id)(b)
    47 \end{align*}
    51 \end{align*}
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    49 We now describe the general case. For a $k$-blob diagram $b \in \bc_k(M)$, denote by $b_\cS$ for $\cS \subset \{0, \ldots, k-1\}$ the blob diagram obtained by erasing the corresponding blobs. In particular, $b_\eset = b$, $b_{\{0,\ldots,k-1\}} \in \bc_0(M)$, and $d b_\cS = \sum_{i \notin \cS} \pm  b_{\cS \cup \{i\}}$.
    53 We now describe the general case. For a $k$-blob diagram $b \in \bc_k(M)$, denote by $b_\cS$ for $\cS \subset \{0, \ldots, k-1\}$ the blob diagram obtained by erasing the corresponding blobs. In particular, $b_\eset = b$, $b_{\{0,\ldots,k-1\}} \in \bc_0(M)$, and $d b_\cS = \sum_{i \notin \cS} \pm  b_{\cS \cup \{i\}}$.
    50 Similarly, for a disjoint embedding of $k$ balls $\beta$ (that is, a blob diagram but without the labels on regions), $\beta_\cS$ denotes the result of erasing a subset of blobs. We'll write $\beta' \prec \beta$ if $\beta' = \beta_\cS$ for some $\cS$. Finally, for finite sequences, we'll write $i \prec i'$ if $i$ is subsequence of $i'$, and $i \prec_1 i$ if the lengths differ by exactly 1.
    54 Similarly, for a disjoint embedding of $k$ balls $\beta$ (that is, a blob diagram but without the labels on regions), $\beta_\cS$ denotes the result of erasing a subset of blobs. We'll write $\beta' \prec \beta$ if $\beta' = \beta_\cS$ for some $\cS$. Finally, for finite sequences, we'll write $i \prec i'$ if $i$ is subsequence of $i'$, and $i \prec_1 i$ if the lengths differ by exactly 1.
       
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    56 Now we fix a sequence of strictly subordinate covers for $\cU$. First choose an $\epsilon > 0$ so every $\epsilon$ ball is contained in some open set of $\cU$. Let $\cV_{k \geq 1}$ be the open cover of $M$ by $\epsilon (1-2^{-k})$ balls, and $\cV_0 = \cU$. Certainly $\cV_k$ is strictly subordinate to $\cU$. We will write $\ev_{k \geq 0}$ for the chain map written in Lemma \ref{lem:CH-small-blobs} as $\ev_{M,\cU,\cV,k}$.
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    52 For a $2$-blob $b$, with balls $\beta$, $s$ is the sum of $5$ terms. Again, there is a term that makes $\beta$ small, while the others `get the boundary right'. It may be useful to look at Figure \ref{fig:erectly-a-tent-badly} to help understand the arrangement.
    58 For a $2$-blob $b$, with balls $\beta$, $s$ is the sum of $5$ terms. Again, there is a term that makes $\beta$ small, while the others `get the boundary right'. It may be useful to look at Figure \ref{fig:erectly-a-tent-badly} to help understand the arrangement.
    53 \begin{figure}[!ht]
    59 \begin{figure}[!ht]
    54 \todo{}
    60 \todo{}
    55 \caption{``Erecting a tent badly.'' We know where we want to send a simplex, and each of the iterated boundary components. However, these do not agree, and we need to stitch the pieces together. Note that these diagrams don't exactly match the situation in the text: a $k$-simplex has $k+1$ boundary components, while a $k$-blob has $k$ boundary terms.}
    61 \caption{``Erecting a tent badly.'' We know where we want to send a simplex, and each of the iterated boundary components. However, these do not agree, and we need to stitch the pieces together. Note that these diagrams don't exactly match the situation in the text: a $k$-simplex has $k+1$ boundary components, while a $k$-blob has $k$ boundary terms.}
    65 \phi_{\beta_0 \prec \cdots \prec \beta_m}&(x_0, \ldots, x_{i-1},0,x_{i+1},\ldots,x_m) = \\ &\phi_{\beta_0 \prec \cdots \prec \beta_{i-1} \prec \beta_{i+1} \prec \cdots \prec \beta_m}(x_0,\ldots, x_{i-1},x_{i+1},\ldots,x_m).
    71 \phi_{\beta_0 \prec \cdots \prec \beta_m}&(x_0, \ldots, x_{i-1},0,x_{i+1},\ldots,x_m) = \\ &\phi_{\beta_0 \prec \cdots \prec \beta_{i-1} \prec \beta_{i+1} \prec \cdots \prec \beta_m}(x_0,\ldots, x_{i-1},x_{i+1},\ldots,x_m).
    66 \end{align*}
    72 \end{align*}
    67 \end{itemize}
    73 \end{itemize}
    68 It's not immediately obvious that it's possible to make such choices, but it follows readily from the following Lemma.
    74 It's not immediately obvious that it's possible to make such choices, but it follows readily from the following Lemma.
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    70 When $\beta$ is a collection of disjoint embedded balls in $M$, we say that a homeomorphism of $M$ `makes $\beta$ small' if the image of each ball in $\beta$ under the homeomorphism is contained in some open set of $\cU$.
       
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    76 
    72 \begin{lem}
    77 \begin{lem}
    73 \label{lem:extend-small-homeomorphisms}
    78 \label{lem:extend-small-homeomorphisms}
    74 Fix a collection of disjoint embedded balls $\beta$ in $M$. Suppose we have a map $f :  X \to \Homeo(M)$ on some compact $X$ such that for each $x \in \bdy X$, $f(x)$ makes $\beta$ small. Then we can extend $f$ to a map $\tilde{f} : X \times [0,1] \to \Homeo(M)$ so that $\tilde{f}(x,0) = f(x)$ and for every $x \in \bdy X \times [0,1] \cup X \times \{1\}$, $\tilde{f}(x)$ makes $\beta$ small.
    79 Fix a collection of disjoint embedded balls $\beta$ in $M$ and some open cover $\cV$. Suppose we have a map $f :  X \to \Homeo(M)$ on some compact $X$ such that for each $x \in \bdy X$, $f(x)$ makes $\beta$ $\cV$-small. Then we can extend $f$ to a map $\tilde{f} : X \times [0,1] \to \Homeo(M)$ so that $\tilde{f}(x,0) = f(x)$ and for every $x \in \bdy X \times [0,1] \cup X \times \{1\}$, $\tilde{f}(x)$ makes $\beta$ $\cV$-small.
    75 \end{lem}
    80 \end{lem}
    76 \begin{proof}
    81 \begin{proof}
    77 Fix a metric on $M$, and pick $\epsilon > 0$ so every $\epsilon$ ball in $M$ is contained in some open set of $\cU$. First construct a family of homeomorphisms $g_s : M \to M$, $s \in [1,\infty)$ so $g_1$ is the identity, and $g_s(\beta_i) \subset \beta_i$ and $\rad g_s(\beta_i) \leq \frac{1}{s} \rad \beta_i$ for each ball $\beta_i$. 
    82 Fix a metric on $M$, and pick $\epsilon > 0$ so every $\epsilon$ ball in $M$ is contained in some open set of $\cV$. First construct a family of homeomorphisms $g_s : M \to M$, $s \in [1,\infty)$ so $g_1$ is the identity, and $g_s(\beta_i) \subset \beta_i$ and $\rad g_s(\beta_i) \leq \frac{1}{s} \rad \beta_i$ for each ball $\beta_i$. 
    78 There is some $K$ which uniformly bounds the expansion factors of all the homeomorphisms $f(x)$, that is $d(f(x)(a), f(x)(b)) < K d(a,b)$ for all $x \in X, a,b \in M$. Write $S=\epsilon^{-1} K \max_i \{\rad \beta_i\}$ (note that is $S<1$, we can just take $S=1$, as already $f(x)$ makes $\beta$ small for all $x$). Now define $\tilde{f}(t, x) = f(x) \compose g_{(S-1)t+1}$.
    83 There is some $K$ which uniformly bounds the expansion factors of all the homeomorphisms $f(x)$, that is $d(f(x)(a), f(x)(b)) < K d(a,b)$ for all $x \in X, a,b \in M$. Write $S=\epsilon^{-1} K \max_i \{\rad \beta_i\}$ (note that is $S<1$, we can just take $S=1$, as already $f(x)$ makes $\beta$ small for all $x$). Now define $\tilde{f}(t, x) = f(x) \compose g_{(S-1)t+1}$.
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    80 If $x \in \bdy X$, then $g_{(S-1)t+1}(\beta_i) \subset \beta_i$, and by hypothesis $f(x)$ makes $\beta_i$ small, so $\tilde{f}(t, x)$ makes $\beta$ small for all $t \in [0,1]$. Alternatively, $\rad g_S(\beta_i) \leq \frac{1}{S} \rad \beta_i \leq \frac{\epsilon}{K}$, so $\rad \tilde{f}(1,x)(\beta_i) \leq \epsilon$, and so $\tilde{f}(1,x)$ makes $\beta$ small for all $x \in X$.
    85 If $x \in \bdy X$, then $g_{(S-1)t+1}(\beta_i) \subset \beta_i$, and by hypothesis $f(x)$ makes $\beta_i$ small, so $\tilde{f}(t, x)$ makes $\beta$ $\cV$-small for all $t \in [0,1]$. Alternatively, $\rad g_S(\beta_i) \leq \frac{1}{S} \rad \beta_i \leq \frac{\epsilon}{K}$, so $\rad \tilde{f}(1,x)(\beta_i) \leq \epsilon$, and so $\tilde{f}(1,x)$ makes $\beta$ $\cV$-small for all $x \in X$.
    81 \end{proof}
    86 \end{proof}
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    83 We'll need a stronger version of Property \ref{property:evaluation}; while the evaluation map $ev: \CD{M} \tensor \bc_*(M) \to \bc_*(M)$ is not unique, it has an up-to-homotopy representative (satisfying the usual conditions) which restricts to become a chain map $ev: \CD{M} \tensor \bc^{\cU}_*(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_*(M)$. The proof is straightforward: when deforming the family of diffeomorphisms to shrink its supports to a union of open sets, do so such that those open sets are subordinate to the cover.
    88 We'll need a stronger version of Property \ref{property:evaluation}; while the evaluation map $ev: \CD{M} \tensor \bc_*(M) \to \bc_*(M)$ is not unique, it has an up-to-homotopy representative (satisfying the usual conditions) which restricts to become a chain map $ev: \CD{M} \tensor \bc^{\cU}_*(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_*(M)$. The proof is straightforward: when deforming the family of diffeomorphisms to shrink its supports to a union of open sets, do so such that those open sets are subordinate to the cover.
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    85 Now define a map $s: \bc_*(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_*(M)$, and then a homotopy $h:\bc_*(M) \to \bc_{*+1}(M)$ so that $dh+hd=i\circ s$. The map $s: \bc_0(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_0(M)$ is just the identity; blob diagrams without blobs are automatically compatible with any cover. Given a blob diagram $b$, we'll abuse notation and write $\phi_b$ to mean $\phi_\beta$ for the blob configuration $\beta$ underlying $b$. We have
    90 Now define a map $s: \bc_*(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_*(M)$, and then a homotopy $h:\bc_*(M) \to \bc_{*+1}(M)$ so that $dh+hd=i\circ s$. The map $s: \bc_0(M) \to \bc^{\cU}_0(M)$ is just the identity; blob diagrams without blobs are automatically compatible with any cover. Given a blob diagram $b$, we'll abuse notation and write $\phi_b$ to mean $\phi_\beta$ for the blob configuration $\beta$ underlying $b$. We have