# HG changeset patch # User Kevin Walker # Date 1323791821 28800 # Node ID 7f47bf84b0f1e3394d1cf6e4242a28c56dfac8b4 # Parent 2232d94b90b86bd5627b08cc1cd8663ac78c5233 more \bullet -> *_h diff -r 2232d94b90b8 -r 7f47bf84b0f1 text/appendixes/comparing_defs.tex --- a/text/appendixes/comparing_defs.tex Tue Dec 13 07:44:47 2011 -0800 +++ b/text/appendixes/comparing_defs.tex Tue Dec 13 07:57:01 2011 -0800 @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ Given 2-morphisms $f$ and $g$, we define the horizontal composition $f *_h g$ to be any of the four equal 2-morphisms in Figure \ref{fzo5}. -Figure \ref{fig:horizontal-compositions-equal}illustrates part of the proof that these four 2-morphisms are equal. +Figure \ref{fig:horizontal-compositions-equal} illustrates part of the proof that these four 2-morphisms are equal. Similar arguments show that horizontal composition is associative. \begin{figure}[t] \begin{align*} @@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ Figure \ref{fig:ingredients-triangle-axiom}. (See also Figures \ref{fzo2} and \ref{fig:associator}.) We now show that $D$ satisfies the triangle axiom, which states that $u\bullet\id_b$ -is equal to the composition of $\alpha$ and $\id_a\bullet v$. +is equal to the vertical composition of $\alpha$ and $\id_a\bullet v$. (Both are 2-morphisms from $(a\bullet \id_y)\bullet b$ to $a\bullet b$.) \begin{figure}[t] %\begin{align*} @@ -1016,10 +1016,10 @@ \label{fig:ingredients-triangle-axiom} \end{figure} -The horizontal compositions $u\bullet\id_b$ and $\id_a\bullet v$ are shown in Figure \ref{fig:horizontal-composition} +The horizontal compositions $u *_h \id_b$ and $\id_a *_h v$ are shown in Figure \ref{fig:horizontal-composition} (see also Figure \ref{fzo5}). -The vertical composition of $\alpha$ and $\id_a\bullet v$ is shown in Figure \ref{fig:vertical-composition}. -Figure \ref{fig:adding-a-collar} shows that we can add a collar to $u\bullet\id_b$ so that the result differs from +The vertical composition of $\alpha$ and $\id_a *_h v$ is shown in Figure \ref{fig:vertical-composition}. +Figure \ref{fig:adding-a-collar} shows that we can add a collar to $u *_h \id_b$ so that the result differs from Figure \ref{fig:vertical-composition} by an isotopy rel boundary. Note that here we have used in an essential way the associativity of product morphisms (Axiom \ref{axiom:product}.3) as well as compatibility of product morphisms with fiber-preserving maps (Axiom \ref{axiom:product}.1).