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The $\infty$-Categorical Eckmann-Hilton Argument

Algebraic Topology 2019-10-30 v3

Abstract

We define a reduced \infty-operad P\mathcal{P} to be dd-connected if the spaces P(n)\mathcal{P}\left(n\right), of nn-ary operations, are dd-connected for all n0n\ge0. Let P\mathcal{P} and Q\mathcal{Q} be two reduced \infty-operads. We prove that if P\mathcal{P} is d1d_{1}-connected and Q\mathcal{Q} is d2d_{2}-connected, then their Boardman-Vogt tensor product PQ\mathcal{P}\otimes\mathcal{Q} is (d1+d2+2)\left(d_{1}+d_{2}+2\right)-connected. We consider this to be a natural \infty-categorical generalization of the classical Eckmann-Hilton argument.

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@article{arxiv.1808.06006,
  title  = {The $\infty$-Categorical Eckmann-Hilton Argument},
  author = {Tomer Schlank and Lior Yanovski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.06006},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

This is a shorter version. We relegated the treatment of homotopy d-categories and d-operads to a separate note

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