English

A strengthened $(\infty, n)$-categorical pasting theorem

Category Theory 2026-04-20 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We extend Campion's pasting theorem for (,n)(\infty, n)-categories to a larger class of polygraphs, called the directed complexes with frame-acyclic molecules. It follows, for instance, that this pasting theorem applies to any polygraph presented by a semi-simplicial set, and that a large subclass of directed complexes with frame-acyclic molecules is compatible with the Gray tensor product. We also set up a comparison between directed complexes and Henry's regular polygraphs, and show that they coincide up to dimension 33. As a corollary of our main results, the pasting theorem also applies to the class of regular 33-polygraphs.

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@article{arxiv.2603.22242,
  title  = {A strengthened $(\infty, n)$-categorical pasting theorem},
  author = {Clémence Chanavat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.22242},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

45 pages, added a corollary on the Gray tensor product, references, and corrected typos

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