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The higher Morita category of $E_n$-algebras

Algebraic Topology 2020-11-03 v3 Category Theory

Abstract

We introduce simple models for associative algebras and bimodules in the context of non-symmetric \infty-operads, and use these to construct an (,2)(\infty,2)-category of associative algebras, bimodules, and bimodule homomorphisms in a monoidal \infty-category. By working with \infty-operads over Δn,op\Delta^{n,\text{op}} we iterate these definitions and generalize our construction to get an (,n+1)(\infty,n+1)-category of EnE_{n}-algebras and iterated bimodules in an EnE_{n}-monoidal \infty-category. Moreover, we show that if C\mathcal{C} is an En+kE_{n+k}-monoidal \infty-category then the (,n+1)(\infty,n+1)-category of EnE_{n}-algebras in C\mathcal{C} has a natural EkE_{k}-monoidal structure. We also identify the mapping (,n)(\infty,n)-categories between two EnE_{n}-algebras, which allows us to define interesting non-connective deloopings of the Brauer space of a commutative ring spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.1412.8459,
  title  = {The higher Morita category of $E_n$-algebras},
  author = {Rune Haugseng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.8459},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

103 pages, v2: accepted version, v3: fixed some TeX issues