diff -r 9ace9a326c39 -r a7b53f6a339d text/ncat.tex --- a/text/ncat.tex Wed Jun 23 09:41:10 2010 -0700 +++ b/text/ncat.tex Wed Jun 23 18:37:25 2010 -0700 @@ -1686,9 +1686,12 @@ but this is much less true for higher dimensional spheres, so we prefer the term ``sphere module" for the general case. +The results of this subsection are not needed for the rest of the paper, +so we will skimp on details in a couple of places. + For simplicity, we will assume that $n$-categories are enriched over $\c$-vector spaces. -The $0$- through $n$-dimensional parts of $\cC$ are various sorts of modules, and we describe +The $0$- through $n$-dimensional parts of $\cS$ are various sorts of modules, and we describe these first. The $n{+}1$-dimensional part of $\cS$ consists of intertwiners of (garden-variety) $1$-category modules associated to decorated $n$-balls. @@ -1987,6 +1990,94 @@ In other words, the inner product on $Y$ is determined by the inner products on $Y_1$, $Y_2$ and $D\times I$. +Now we show how to unambiguously identify $\cS(X; c; E)$ and $\cS(X; c; E')$ for any +two choices of $E$ and $E'$. +Consider first the case where $\bd X$ is decomposed as three $n$-balls $A$, $B$ and $C$, +with $E = \bd(A\cup B)$ and $E' = \bd A$. +We must provide an isomorphism between $\cS(X; c; E) = \hom(\cS(C), \cS(A\cup B))$ +and $\cS(X; c; E') = \hom(\cS(C\cup \ol{B}), \cS(A))$. +Let $D = B\cap A$. +Then as above we can construct a map +\[ + \psi: \cS(B)\ot\cS(\ol{B}) \to \cS(D\times I) . +\] +Given $f\in \hom(\cS(C), \cS(A\cup B))$ we define $f'\in \hom(\cS(C\cup \ol{B}), \cS(A))$ +to be the composition +\[ + \cS(C\cup \ol{B}) \stackrel{f\ot\id}{\longrightarrow} + \cS(A\cup B\cup \ol{B}) \stackrel{\id\ot\psi}{\longrightarrow} + \cS(A\cup(D\times I)) \stackrel{\cong}{\longrightarrow} \cS(A) . +\] +(See Figure xxxx.) +Let $D' = B\cap C$. +Using the inner products there is an adjoint map +\[ + \psi^\dagger: \cS(D'\times I) \to \cS(\ol{B})\ot\cS(B) . +\] +Given $f'\in \hom(\cS(C\cup \ol{B}), \cS(A))$ we define $f\in \hom(\cS(C), \cS(A\cup B))$ +to be the composition +\[ + \cS(C) \stackrel{\cong}{\longrightarrow} + \cS(C\cup(D'\times I)) \stackrel{\id\ot\psi^\dagger}{\longrightarrow} + \cS(C\cup \ol{B}\cup B) \stackrel{f'\ot\id}{\longrightarrow} + \cS(A\cup B) . +\] +It is not hard too show that the above two maps are mutually inverse. + +\begin{lem} +Any two choices of $E$ and $E'$ are related by a series of modifications as above. +\end{lem} + +\begin{proof} +(Sketch) +$E$ and $E'$ are isotopic, and any isotopy is +homotopic to a composition of small isotopies which are either +(a) supported away from $E$, or (b) modify $E$ in the simple manner described above. +\end{proof} + +It follows from the lemma that we can construct an isomorphism +between $\cS(X; c; E)$ and $\cS(X; c; E')$ for any pair $E$, $E'$. +This construction involves on a choice of simple ``moves" (as above) to transform +$E$ to $E'$. +We must now show that the isomorphism does not depend on this choice. +We will show below that it suffice to check two ``movie moves". + +The first movie move is to push $E$ across an $n$-ball $B$ as above, then push it back. +The result is equivalent to doing nothing. +As we remarked above, the isomorphisms corresponding to these two pushes are mutually +inverse, so we have invariance under this movie move. + +The second movie move replaces to successive pushes in the same direction, +across $B_1$ and $B_2$, say, with a single push across $B_1\cup B_2$. +(See Figure xxxx.) +Invariance under this movie move follows from the compatibility of the inner +product for $B_1\cup B_2$ with the inner products for $B_1$ and $B_2$. + +If $n\ge 2$, these two movie move suffice: + +\begin{lem} +Assume $n\ge 2$ and fix $E$ and $E'$ as above. +The any two sequences of elementary moves connecting $E$ to $E'$ +are related by a sequence of the two movie moves defined above. +\end{lem} + +\begin{proof} +(Sketch) +Consider a two parameter family of diffeomorphisms (one parameter family of isotopies) +of $\bd X$. +Up to homotopy, +such a family is homotopic to a family which can be decomposed +into small families which are either +(a) supported away from $E$, +(b) have boundaries corresponding to the two movie moves above. +Finally, observe that the space of $E$'s is simply connected. +(This fails for $n=1$.) +\end{proof} + +For $n=1$ we have to check an additional ``global" relations corresponding to +rotating the 0-sphere $E$ around the 1-sphere $\bd X$. +\nn{should check this global move, or maybe cite Frobenius reciprocity result} + \nn{...} \medskip