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A Model Independent Universal Property for the Lax 2-Functor Classifier

Category Theory 2025-11-03 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

In this article we provide a model-independent definition of the concept of lax 22-functors from (,2)(\infty,2)-category theory and show that it agrees with the existing and widely used combinatorial model for those in terms of inert-cocartesian functors, which is utilized for example in the foundational work of Gaitsgory and Rozenblyum on Derived Algebraic Geometry to talk about the lax Gray tensor product.

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@article{arxiv.2510.27557,
  title  = {A Model Independent Universal Property for the Lax 2-Functor Classifier},
  author = {Johannes Gloßner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.27557},
  year   = {2025}
}
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