diff -r 3f180943709f -r b62214646c4f text/ncat.tex --- a/text/ncat.tex Wed Aug 26 01:21:59 2009 +0000 +++ b/text/ncat.tex Wed Aug 26 02:35:24 2009 +0000 @@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ $\psi_\cC(x)\to \cC(W)$, these maps are compatible with the refinement maps above, and $\cC(W)$ is universal with respect to these properties. In the $A_\infty$ case, it means -\nn{.... need to check if there is a def in the literature before writing this down} +\nn{.... need to check if there is a def in the literature before writing this down; +homotopy colimit I think} More concretely, in the plain case enriched over vector spaces, and with $\dim(W) = n$, we can take \[ @@ -469,6 +470,7 @@ In the $A_\infty$ case enriched over chain complexes, the concrete description of the colimit is as follows. +\nn{should probably rewrite this to be compatible with some standard reference} Define an $m$-sequence to be a sequence $x_0 \le x_1 \le \dots \le x_m$ of permissible decompositions. Such sequences (for all $m$) form a simplicial set. Let @@ -815,6 +817,12 @@ +\subsection{The $n{+}1$-category of sphere modules} + +Outline: +\begin{itemize} +\item +\end{itemize} @@ -838,7 +846,9 @@ \item say something about unoriented vs oriented vs spin vs pin for $n=1$ (and $n=2$?) \item spell out what difference (if any) Top vs PL vs Smooth makes \item explain relation between old-fashioned blob homology and new-fangled blob homology -\item define $n{+}1$-cat of $n$-cats; discuss Morita equivalence +(follows as special case of product formula (product with a point). +\item define $n{+}1$-cat of $n$-cats (a.k.a.\ $n{+}1$-category of generalized bimodules +a.k.a.\ $n{+}1$-category of sphere modules); discuss Morita equivalence \end{itemize}