# HG changeset patch # User Kevin Walker # Date 1288705120 25200 # Node ID 38ec3d05d0d88afe49e77442c5e9723489966c8b # Parent 0510346848edb8dd496801f135349214b97d905a enrichment; decompositions (meta) diff -r 0510346848ed -r 38ec3d05d0d8 pnas/pnas.tex --- a/pnas/pnas.tex Tue Nov 02 06:18:43 2010 -0700 +++ b/pnas/pnas.tex Tue Nov 02 06:38:40 2010 -0700 @@ -239,6 +239,15 @@ These maps, for various $X$, comprise a natural transformation of functors. \end{axiom} +For $c\in \cl{\cC}_{k-1}(\bd X)$ we let $\cC_k(X; c)$ denote the preimage $\bd^{-1}(c)$. + +Many of the examples we are interested in are enriched in some auxiliary category $\cS$ +(e.g. $\cS$ is vector spaces or rings, or, in the $A_\infty$ case, chain complex or topological spaces). +This means (by definition) that in the top dimension $k=n$ the sets $\cC_n(X; c)$ have the structure +of an object of $\cS$, and all of the structure maps of the category (above and below) are +compatible with the $\cS$ structure on $\cC_n(X; c)$. + + Given two hemispheres (a `domain' and `range') that agree on the equator, we need to be able to assemble them into a boundary value of the entire sphere. \begin{lem} @@ -373,6 +382,8 @@ Maybe just a single remark that we are omitting some details which appear in our longer paper.} \nn{SM: for now I disagree: the space expense is pretty minor, and it always us to be "in principle" complete. Let's see how we go for length.} +\nn{KW: It's not the length I'm worried about --- I was worried about distracting the reader +with an arcane technical issue. But we can decide later.} A \emph{ball decomposition} of $W$ is a sequence of gluings $M_0\to M_1\to\cdots\to M_m = W$ such that $M_0$ is a disjoint union of balls