diff -r 46b5c4f3e83c -r 4093d7979c56 blob1.tex --- a/blob1.tex Fri Feb 27 03:29:41 2009 +0000 +++ b/blob1.tex Sat Feb 28 16:00:38 2009 +0000 @@ -378,6 +378,23 @@ covering $\bar{f}:Y\to Y$, then $f(c\times I) = \bar{f}(c)\times I$. \end{enumerate} +\bigskip +Using the functoriality and $\bullet\times I$ properties above, together +with boundary collar homeomorphisms of manifolds, we can define the notion of +{\it extended isotopy}. +Let $M$ be an $n$-manifold and $Y \subset \bd M$ be a codimension zero submanifold +of $\bd M$. +Let $x \in \cC(M)$ be a field on $M$ and such that $\bd x$ is cuttable along $\bd Y$. +Let $c$ be $x$ restricted to $Y$. +Let $M \cup (Y\times I)$ denote $M$ glued to $Y\times I$ along $Y$. +Then we have the glued field $x \cup (c\times I)$ on $M \cup (Y\times I)$. +Let $f: M \cup (Y\times I) \to M$ be a collaring homeomorphism. +Then we say that $x$ is {\it extended isotopic} to $f(x \cup (c\times I))$. +More generally, we define extended isotopy to be the equivalence relation on fields +on $M$ generated by isotopy plus all instance of the above construction +(for all appropriate $Y$ and $x$). + +\nn{should also say something about pseudo-isotopy} \bigskip \hrule @@ -521,33 +538,32 @@ \subsection{Local relations} \label{sec:local-relations} -\nn{the following is not done yet} -Let $B^n$ denote the standard $n$-ball. -A {\it local relation} is a collection subspaces $U(B^n; c) \sub \cC_l(B^n; c)$ -(for all $c \in \cC(\bd B^n)$) satisfying the following two properties. +A {\it local relation} is a collection subspaces $U(B; c) \sub \c[\cC_l(B; c)]$ +(for all $n$-manifolds $B$ which are +homeomorphic to the standard $n$-ball and +all $c \in \cC(\bd B)$) satisfying the following properties. \begin{enumerate} -\item local relations imply (extended) isotopy \nn{...} -\item $U(B^n; \cdot)$ is an ideal w.r.t.\ gluing \nn{...} +\item functoriality: +$f(U(B; c)) = U(B', f(c))$ for all homeomorphisms $f: B \to B'$ +\item local relations imply extended isotopy: +if $x, y \in \cC(B; c)$ and $x$ is extended isotopic +to $y$, then $x-y \in U(B; c)$. +\item ideal with respect to gluing: +if $B = B' \cup B''$, $x\in U(B')$, and $c\in \cC(B'')$, then $x\cup r \in U(B)$ \end{enumerate} See \cite{kw:tqft} for details. -For maps into spaces, $U(B^n; c)$ is generated by things of the form $a-b \in \cC_l(B^n; c)$, +For maps into spaces, $U(B; c)$ is generated by things of the form $a-b \in \cC_l(B; c)$, where $a$ and $b$ are maps (fields) which are homotopic rel boundary. -For $n$-category pictures, $U(B^n; c)$ is equal to the kernel of the evaluation map -$\cC_l(B^n; c) \to \mor(c', c'')$, where $(c', c'')$ is some (any) division of $c$ into +For $n$-category pictures, $U(B; c)$ is equal to the kernel of the evaluation map +$\cC_l(B; c) \to \mor(c', c'')$, where $(c', c'')$ is some (any) division of $c$ into domain and range. \nn{maybe examples of local relations before general def?} -Note that the $Y$ is an $n$-manifold which is merely homeomorphic to the standard $B^n$, -then any homeomorphism $B^n \to Y$ induces the same local subspaces for $Y$. -We'll denote these by $U(Y; c) \sub \cC_l(Y; c)$, $c \in \cC(\bd Y)$. -\nn{Is this true in high (smooth) dimensions? Self-diffeomorphisms of $B^n$ -rel boundary might not be isotopic to the identity. OK for PL and TOP?} - Given a system of fields and local relations, we define the skein space $A(Y^n; c)$ to be the space of all finite linear combinations of fields on the $n$-manifold $Y$ modulo local relations.