diff -r bff9959bdc98 -r f0dff7f0f337 pnas/pnas.tex --- a/pnas/pnas.tex Fri Nov 12 15:07:00 2010 -0800 +++ b/pnas/pnas.tex Sat Nov 13 12:14:55 2010 -0800 @@ -399,6 +399,20 @@ \end{enumerate} } %%% end \noop %%% \end{axiom} + +To state the next axiom we need the notion of {\it collar maps} on $k$-morphisms. +Let $X$ be a $k$-ball and $Y\sub\bd X$ be a $(k{-}1)$-ball. +Let $J$ be a 1-ball. +Let $Y\times_p J$ denote $Y\times J$ pinched along $(\bd Y)\times J$. +A collar map is an instance of the composition +\[ + \cC(X) \to \cC(X\cup_Y (Y\times_p J)) \to \cC(X) , +\] +where the first arrow is gluing with a product morphism on $Y\times_p J$ and +the second is induced by a homeomorphism from $X\cup_Y (Y\times_p J)$ to $X$ which restricts +to the identity on the boundary. + + \begin{axiom}[\textup{\textbf{[plain version]}} Extended isotopy invariance in dimension $n$.] \label{axiom:extended-isotopies} Let $X$ be an $n$-ball and $f: X\to X$ be a homeomorphism which restricts @@ -407,8 +421,6 @@ In addition, collar maps act trivially on $\cC(X)$. \end{axiom} -\nn{need to define collar maps} - \smallskip For $A_\infty$ $n$-categories, we replace