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Limits in $n$-categories

alg-geom 2008-02-03 v1 Algebraic Geometry Quantum Algebra q-alg

Abstract

We define notions of direct and inverse limits in an nn-category. We prove that the n+1n+1-category nCATnCAT' of fibrant nn-categories admits direct and inverse limits. At the end we speculate (without proofs) on some applications of the notion of limit, including homotopy fiber product and homotopy coproduct for nn-categories, the notion of nn-stack, representable functors, and finally on a somewhat different note, a notion of relative Malcev completion of the higher homotopy at a representation of the fundamental group.

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@article{arxiv.alg-geom/9708010,
  title  = {Limits in $n$-categories},
  author = {Carlos Simpson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:alg-geom/9708010},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Approximately 90 pages