Higher-categorical combinatorics of configuration spaces of Euclidean space
Algebraic Topology
2024-09-02 v4
Abstract
We examine configurations of finite subsets of manifolds within the homotopy-theoretic context of -categories by way of stratified spaces. Through these higher categorical means, we identify the homotopy types of such configuration spaces in the case of n-dimensional Euclidean space in terms of the category .
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@article{arxiv.1910.11980,
title = {Higher-categorical combinatorics of configuration spaces of Euclidean space},
author = {Anna Cepek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.11980},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
Reorganized the paper mainly by including an appendix reviewing stratified spaces, exit-path $\infty$-categories, and the theta-n categories; added motivation/contex for main definitions as numerous remarks, mainly in the appendix; corrected Obs. 2.0.11 (previously Obs. 8.0.8), and changed the introduction to include a discussion on trees early on