diff -r 08e80022a881 -r 7fc1a7ff9667 pnas/pnas.tex --- a/pnas/pnas.tex Mon Nov 01 08:40:51 2010 -0700 +++ b/pnas/pnas.tex Tue Nov 02 08:41:11 2010 +0900 @@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ $k$-morphisms (for $0\le k \le n$), domain and range, composition, identity morphisms, and special behavior in dimension $n$ (e.g. enrichment in some auxiliary category, or strict associativity instead of weak associativity). -We will treat each of these it turn. +We will treat each of these in turn. To motivate our morphism axiom, consider the venerable notion of the Moore loop space -\nn{need citation}. +\nn{need citation -- \S 2.2 of Adams' ``Infinite Loop Spaces''?}. In the standard definition of a loop space, loops are always parameterized by the unit interval $I = [0,1]$, so composition of loops requires a reparameterization $I\cup I \cong I$, and this leads to a proliferation of higher associativity relations. @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ homeomorphisms to the category of sets and bijections. \end{axiom} -Note that the functoriality in the above axiom allows us to operate via +Note that the functoriality in the above axiom allows us to operate via \nn{fragment?} Next we consider domains and ranges of $k$-morphisms. Because we assume strong duality, it doesn't make much sense to subdivide the boundary of a morphism @@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ \begin{axiom}[Strict associativity] \label{nca-assoc} The composition (gluing) maps above are strictly associative. -Given any splitting of a ball $B$ into smaller balls +Given any decomposition of a ball $B$ into smaller balls $$\bigsqcup B_i \to B,$$ -any sequence of gluings (in the sense of Definition \ref{defn:gluing-decomposition}, where all the intermediate steps are also disjoint unions of balls) yields the same result. +any sequence of gluings (where all the intermediate steps are also disjoint unions of balls) yields the same result. \end{axiom} \begin{axiom}[Product (identity) morphisms] \label{axiom:product} @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ \nn{KW: I'm inclined to suppress all discussion of the subtleties of decompositions. Maybe just a single remark that we are omitting some details which appear in our longer paper.} +\nn{SM: for now I disagree: the space expense is pretty minor, and it always us to be "in principle" complete. Let's see how we go for length.} A \emph{ball decomposition} of $W$ is a sequence of gluings $M_0\to M_1\to\cdots\to M_m = W$ such that $M_0$ is a disjoint union of balls @@ -456,9 +457,7 @@ \section{Properties of the blob complex} \subsection{Formal properties} \label{sec:properties} -The blob complex enjoys the following list of formal properties. - -The proofs of the first three properties are immediate from the definitions. +The blob complex enjoys the following list of formal properties. The first three properties are immediate from the definitions. \begin{property}[Functoriality] \label{property:functoriality}% @@ -516,10 +515,6 @@ $x\in \bc_0(B^n)$ to $x - s([x])$, where $[x]$ denotes the image of $x$ in $H_0(\bc_*(B^n))$. \end{proof} -\nn{Properties \ref{property:functoriality} will be immediate from the definition given in -\S \ref{sec:blob-definition}, and we'll recall it at the appropriate point there. -Properties \ref{property:disjoint-union}, \ref{property:gluing-map} and -\ref{property:contractibility} are established in \S \ref{sec:basic-properties}.} \subsection{Specializations} \label{sec:specializations}