# HG changeset patch # User Kevin Walker # Date 1289804069 28800 # Node ID c6d069b8f931ddb61d70d97a5ed5666bc2a1c7a8 # Parent 09dd7ca77aad1325129c9031727fd29822a10554 starting on Deligne section diff -r 09dd7ca77aad -r c6d069b8f931 pnas/pnas.tex --- a/pnas/pnas.tex Sun Nov 14 19:25:16 2010 -0800 +++ b/pnas/pnas.tex Sun Nov 14 22:54:29 2010 -0800 @@ -811,6 +811,24 @@ \section{Deligne conjecture for $n$-categories} \label{sec:applications} +Let $M$ and $N$ be $n$-manifolds with common boundary $E$. +Recall (Theorem \ref{thm:gluing}) that the $A_\infty$ category $A = \bc_*(E)$ +acts on $\bc_*(M)$ and $\bc_*(N)$. +Let $\hom_A(\bc_*(M), \bc_*(N))$ denote the chain complex of $A_\infty$ module maps +from $\bc_*(M)$ to $\bc_*(N)$. +Let $R$ be another $n$-manifold with boundary $-E$. +There is a chain map +\[ + \hom_A(\bc_*(M), \bc_*(N)) \ot \bc_*(M) \ot_A \bc_*(R) \to \bc_*(N) \ot_A \bc_*(R) . +\] +We think of this map as being associated to a surgery which cuts $M$ out of $M\cup_E R$ and +replaces it with $N$, yielding $N\cup_E R$. + +Recall (Theorem \ref{thm:evaluation}) that chains on the space of mapping cylinders also act on the +blob complex. +\nn{...} + + \begin{thm}[Higher dimensional Deligne conjecture] \label{thm:deligne} The singular chains of the $n$-dimensional surgery cylinder operad act on blob cochains. @@ -864,7 +882,7 @@ \begin{acknowledgments} It is a pleasure to acknowledge helpful conversations with Kevin Costello, -Mike Freedman, +Michael Freedman, Justin Roberts, and Peter Teichner.