English

Algebraic coherators, controlled theories, and Grothendieck realizations

Category Theory 2026-07-30 v1

Abstract

We introduce a construction of algebraic coherators for Grothendieck \infty-groupoids using the algebraic small object argument, replacing previous approaches we have used based on distributive series of monads with a more direct method for freely adjoining coherence data. Given a controlled theory, we define unreduced and reduced Grothendieck realizations, producing \infty-Lawvere theories and extending this construction functorially to connected diagrams of controlled theories. We apply this framework to construct globular models for monoidal \infty-groupoids, symmetric monoidal \infty-groupoids, coherent \infty-groups, and Picard \infty-groupoids. We define canonical semi-model structures on categories of models over \infty-Lawvere theories and formulate a generalized pushout conjecture that implies the existence of these semi-model structures and the Homotopy Hypothesis for Grothendieck \infty-groupoids.

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@article{arxiv.2607.28540,
  title  = {Algebraic coherators, controlled theories, and Grothendieck realizations},
  author = {Johnathon Taylor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.28540},
  year   = {2026}
}