Categorical spectra as pointed $(\infty,\mathbb{Z})$-categories
Category Theory
2024-11-05 v2 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
Lessard's -categories are an analogue of -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 -groupoids by that of pointed -categories. We give an -categorical definition of weak -categories (alias -categories), and show categorical spectra to be equivalent to pointed -categories. In particular, we show that the stable cells of categorical spectra coincide with the natural cells of -categories, and recover Lessard's description of spectra as pointed weak -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