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Models for $(\infty, n)$-categories and the cobordism hypothesis

Algebraic Topology 2012-12-20 v2 Category Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the models for (,n)(\infty, n)-categories which have been developed to date, as well as the comparisons between them that are known and conjectured. We review the role of (,n)(\infty, n)-categories in the proof of the Cobordism Hypothesis.

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@article{arxiv.1011.0110,
  title  = {Models for $(\infty, n)$-categories and the cobordism hypothesis},
  author = {Julia E. Bergner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.0110},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Expository account, final version; 14 pages; Proc. Sympos. Pure Math., 83, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2011

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