diff -r 966a571daa10 -r adfffac7c138 text/appendixes/famodiff.tex --- a/text/appendixes/famodiff.tex Wed Jun 01 15:17:39 2011 -0600 +++ b/text/appendixes/famodiff.tex Tue Jun 14 19:28:48 2011 -0600 @@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ \end{enumerate} \end{lemma} +Note: We will prove a version of item 4 of Lemma \ref{basic_adaptation_lemma} for topological +homeomorphisms in Lemma \ref{basic_adaptation_lemma_2} below. +Since the proof is rather different we segregate it to a separate lemma. + \begin{proof} Our homotopy will have the form \eqar{ @@ -212,10 +216,44 @@ Since PL homeomorphisms are bi-Lipschitz, we have established this last remaining case of claim 4 of the lemma as well. \end{proof} + +% Edwards-Kirby: MR0283802 + +The above proof doesn't work for homeomorphisms which are merely continuous. +The $k=1$ case for plain, continuous homeomorphisms +is more or less equivalent to Corollary 1.3 of \cite{MR0283802}. +The proof found in \cite{MR0283802} of that corollary can be adapted to many-parameter families of +homeomorphisms: + +\begin{lemma} \label{basic_adaptation_lemma_2} +Lemma \ref{basic_adaptation_lemma} holds for continuous homeomorphisms +in item 4. +\end{lemma} + +\begin{proof} +We will imitate the proof of Corollary 1.3 of \cite{MR0283802}. + +Let $P$ be some $k$-dimensional polyhedron and $f:P\to \Homeo(X)$. +After subdividing $P$, we may assume that there exists $g\in \Homeo(X)$ +such that $g\circ f(P)$ is a small neighborhood of the +identity in $\Homeo(X)$. +The sense of ``small" we mean will be explained below. +It depends only on $\cU$ and some auxiliary covers. + +We assume, inductively, that the restriction of $f$ to $\bd P$ is adapted to $\cU$. + + + +\nn{...} + +\end{proof} + + + \begin{lemma} \label{extension_lemma_c} Let $\cX_*$ be any of $C_*(\Maps(X \to T))$ or singular chains on the subspace of $\Maps(X\to T)$ consisting of immersions, diffeomorphisms, -bi-Lipschitz homeomorphisms or PL homeomorphisms. +bi-Lipschitz homeomorphisms, PL homeomorphisms or plain old continuous homeomorphisms. Let $G_* \subset \cX_*$ denote the chains adapted to an open cover $\cU$ of $X$. Then $G_*$ is a strong deformation retract of $\cX_*$. @@ -223,7 +261,7 @@ \begin{proof} It suffices to show that given a generator $f:P\times X\to T$ of $\cX_k$ with $\bd f \in G_{k-1}$ there exists $h\in \cX_{k+1}$ with $\bd h = f + g$ and $g \in G_k$. -This is exactly what Lemma \ref{basic_adaptation_lemma} +This is exactly what Lemma \ref{basic_adaptation_lemma} (or \ref{basic_adaptation_lemma_2}) gives us. More specifically, let $\bd P = \sum Q_i$, with each $Q_i\in G_{k-1}$. Let $F: I\times P\times X\to T$ be the homotopy constructed in Lemma \ref{basic_adaptation_lemma}. @@ -234,6 +272,7 @@ \medskip + %%%%%% Lo, \noop{...} \noop{