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Categorical spectra as pointed $(\infty,\mathbb{Z})$-categories

Category Theory 2024-11-05 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Lessard's Z\mathbb{Z}-categories are an analogue of ω\omega-categories possessing cells in all positive and negative dimensions. Categorical spectra, developed by Stefanich, are an analogue of spectra obtained by replacing the suspension of pointed \infty-groupoids by that of pointed (,ω)(\infty,\omega)-categories. We give an \infty-categorical definition of weak Z\mathbb{Z}-categories (alias (,Z)(\infty,\mathbb{Z})-categories), and show categorical spectra to be equivalent to pointed (,Z)(\infty,\mathbb{Z})-categories. In particular, we show that the stable cells of categorical spectra coincide with the natural cells of (,Z)(\infty,\mathbb{Z})-categories, and recover Lessard's description of spectra as pointed weak Z\mathbb{Z}-groupoids.

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@article{arxiv.2410.02578,
  title  = {Categorical spectra as pointed $(\infty,\mathbb{Z})$-categories},
  author = {David Kern},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.02578},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

16 pages. Comments are welcome! V2: Added section (now) 3.2 on monoidal structures

R2 v1 2026-06-28T19:07:10.640Z