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$\infty$-operads via symmetric sequences

Algebraic Topology 2021-03-16 v3 Category Theory

Abstract

We construct a generalization of the Day convolution tensor product of presheaves that works for certain double \infty-categories. Using this construction, we obtain an \infty-categorical version of the well-known description of (one-object) operads as associative algebras in symmetric sequences; more generally, we show that (enriched) \infty-operads with varying spaces of objects can be described as associative algebras in a double \infty-category of symmetric collections.

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@article{arxiv.1708.09632,
  title  = {$\infty$-operads via symmetric sequences},
  author = {Rune Haugseng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.09632},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

50 pages. v2: Substantially rewritten with an improved version of the Day convolution construction, which produces a double $\infty$-category, v3: Various corrections

R2 v1 2026-06-22T21:28:57.094Z