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On a notion of ring groupoid

Category Theory 2021-04-16 v1 Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology Number Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

By a ring groupoid we mean an animated ring whose i-th homotopy groups are zero for all i>1. In this expository note we give an elementary treatment of the (2,1)-category of ring groupoids (i.e., without referring to general animated rings and without using n-categories for n>2). The note is motivated by the fact that ring stacks play a central role in the Bhatt-Lurie approach to prismatic cohomology.

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@article{arxiv.2104.07090,
  title  = {On a notion of ring groupoid},
  author = {Vladimir Drinfeld},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.07090},
  year   = {2021}
}

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22 pages

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