# HG changeset patch # User Kevin Walker # Date 1308168919 21600 # Node ID 24f14faacab4282081d5088011400d914fd6446d # Parent adfffac7c138efffd1cc48f65ca54bad6db72c8a finished topological case of Appendix B diff -r adfffac7c138 -r 24f14faacab4 blob to-do --- a/blob to-do Tue Jun 14 19:28:48 2011 -0600 +++ b/blob to-do Wed Jun 15 14:15:19 2011 -0600 @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ - -* extend localization lemma to (topological) homeos * lemma [inject 6.3.5?] assumes more splittablity than the axioms imply (?) @@ -21,6 +19,8 @@ * make sure we are clear that boundary = germ +* go through text and remove any disclaimers about continuous (as oppsed to PL) homeos + * review colors in figures * maybe say something in colimit section about restriction to submanifolds and submanifolds of boundary (we use this in n-cat axioms) diff -r adfffac7c138 -r 24f14faacab4 blob_changes_v3 --- a/blob_changes_v3 Tue Jun 14 19:28:48 2011 -0600 +++ b/blob_changes_v3 Wed Jun 15 14:15:19 2011 -0600 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ - strengthened n-cat isotopy invariance axiom to allow for homeomorphisms which act trivially elements on the restriction of an n-morphism to the boundary of the ball - more details on axioms for enriched n-cats - added details to the construction of traditional 1-categories from disklike 1-categories (Appendix C.1) -- +- extended the lemmas of Appendix B (about adapting families of homeomorphisms to open covers) to the topological category diff -r adfffac7c138 -r 24f14faacab4 text/appendixes/famodiff.tex --- a/text/appendixes/famodiff.tex Tue Jun 14 19:28:48 2011 -0600 +++ b/text/appendixes/famodiff.tex Wed Jun 15 14:15:19 2011 -0600 @@ -235,17 +235,47 @@ 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 +such that $g^{-1}\circ f(P)$ 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 $\cU$. +We may assume, inductively, that the restriction of $f$ to $\bd P$ is adapted to $\cU$. + +Since $X$ is compact, we may assume without loss of generality that the cover $\cU$ is finite. +Let $\cU = \{U_\alpha\}$, $1\le \alpha\le N$. +We will need some wiggle room, so for each $\alpha$ choose open sets +\[ + U_\alpha = U_\alpha^0 \supset U_\alpha^1 \supset \cdots \supset U_\alpha^N +\] +so that for each fixed $i$ the sets $\{U_\alpha^i\}$ are an open cover of $X$, and also so that +the closure $\ol{U_\alpha^i}$ is compact and $U_\alpha^{i-1} \supset \ol{U_\alpha^i}$. +Theorem 5.1 of \cite{MR0283802}, applied $N$ times, allows us +to choose a homotopy $h:P\times [0,N] \to \Homeo(X)$ with the following properties: +\begin{itemize} +\item $h(p, 0) = f(p)$ for all $p\in P$. +\item The restriction of $h(p, i)$ to $U_0^i \cup \cdots \cup U_i^i$ is equal to the homeomorphism $g$, +for all $p\in P$. +\item For each fixed $p\in P$, the family of homeomorphisms $h(p, [i-1, i])$ is supported on $U_i^{i-1}$ +(and hence supported on $U_i$). +\end{itemize} +To apply Theorem 5.1 of \cite{MR0283802}, the family $f(P)$ must be sufficiently small, +and the subdivision mentioned above is chosen fine enough to insure this. -\nn{...} - +By reparametrizing, we can view $h$ as a homotopy (rel boundary) from $h(\cdot,0) = f: P\to\Homeo(X)$ +to the family +\[ + h(\bd(P\times [0,N]) \setmin P\times \{0\}) = h(\bd P \times [0,N]) \cup h(P \times \{N\}) . +\] +We claim that the latter family of homeomorphisms is adapted to $\cU$. +By the second bullet above, $h(P\times \{N\})$ is the constant family $g$, and is therefore supported on the empty set. +Via an inductive assumption and a preliminary homotopy, we have arranged above that $f(\bd P)$ is +adapted to $\cU$, which means that $\bd P = \cup_j Q_j$ with $f(Q_j)$ supported on the union of $k-1$ +of the $U_\alpha$'s for each $j$. +It follows (using the third bullet above) that $h(Q_j \times [i-1,i])$ is supported on the union of $k$ +of the $U_\alpha$'s, specifically, the support of $f(Q_j)$ union $U_i$. \end{proof}