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The Gray tensor product for 2-quasi-categories

Category Theory 2023-02-17 v3 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We construct an (,2)(\infty,2)-version of the (lax) Gray tensor product. On the 1-categorical level, this is a binary (or more generally an nn-ary) functor on the category of Θ2\Theta_2-sets, and it is shown to be left Quillen with respect to Ara's model structure. Moreover we prove that this tensor product forms part of a "homotopical" (biclosed) monoidal structure, or more precisely a normal lax monoidal structure that is associative up to homotopy.

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@article{arxiv.2003.11757,
  title  = {The Gray tensor product for 2-quasi-categories},
  author = {Yuki Maehara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.11757},
  year   = {2023}
}

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v3: 63 pages. Minor revision. Published version

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