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We develop a theory of weak omega categories that will be accessible to anyone who is familiar with the language of categories and functors and who has encountered the definition of a strict 2-category. The most remarkable feature of this…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Carl A. Futia

Precise definitions of "weak [quantum] measurements" and "weak value" [of a quantum observable] are offered, which seem to capture the meaning of the often vague ways that these terms are used in the literature. Simple finite dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-11 Stephen Parrott

We study weakly invertible cells in weak $\omega$-categories in the sense of Batanin-Leinster, adopting the coinductive definition of weak invertibility. We show that weakly invertible cells in a weak $\omega$-category are closed under…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Soichiro Fujii , Keisuke Hoshino , Yuki Maehara

We introduce a new higher categorical structure called a weakly globular n-fold category. This structure is based on iterated internal categories and on the notion of weak globularity. We identify a suitable class of pseudo-functors whose…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-24 Simona Paoli

We generalize the notion of an exact category and introduce weakly exact categories. A proof of the snake lemma in this general setting is given. Some applications are given to illustrate how one can do homological algebra in a weakly exact…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2009-01-19 Amir Jafari

We investigate the notion of involutive weak globular $\omega$-categories via Jacque Penon's approach. In particular, we give the constructions of a free self-dual globular $\omega$-magma, of a free strict involutive globular…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-28 Paratat Bejrakarbum , Paolo Bertozzini

The basic notions of category theory, such as limit, adjunction, and orthogonality, all involve assertions of the existence and uniqueness of certain arrows. Weak notions arise when one drops the uniqueness requirement and asks only for…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-25 Stephen Lack , Jiri Rosicky

Weak values are average quantities,therefore investigating their associated variance is crucial in understanding their place in quantum mechanics. We develop the concept of a position-postselected weak variance of momentum as cohesively as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-10 M. R. Feyereisen

A precise definition of "weak [quantum] measurements" and "weak value" (of a quantum observable) is offered, and simple finite dimensional examples are given showing that weak values are not unique and therefore probably do not correspond…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-01 Stephen Parrott

Based on a Whitehead-type characterization of the sectional category we develop the notion of weak sectional category. This is a new lower bound of the sectional category, which is inspired by the notion of weak category in the sense of…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-02-26 J. M. G. Calcines , L. Vandembroucq

Invertibility is an important concept in category theory. In higher category theory, it becomes less obvious what the correct notion of invertibility is, as extra coherence conditions can become necessary for invertible structures to have…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Alex Rice

We provide the expected constructions of weakly $\omega$-categorified models (in the sense of Bressie) of the theory of groups and quandles which arise by replacing the homotopies used to give equivalence relations in the theory of…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-30 Phillip M Bressie , David N Yetter

We show that infinitely many Gorenstein weakly-exceptional quotient singularities exist in all dimensions, we prove a weak-exceptionality criterion for five-dimensional quotient singularities, and we find a sufficient condition for being…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-05-25 Ivan Cheltsov , Constantin Shramov

We study coinductive invertibility of cells in weak $\omega$-categories. We use the inductive presentation of weak $\omega$-categories via an adjunction with the category of computads, and show that invertible cells are closed under all…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-06-19 Thibaut Benjamin , Ioannis Markakis

We define a notion of a weak canonical base for a partial type. This notion is weaker than the usual canonical base for an amalgamation base. We prove that certain family of partial types have a weak canonical base. This family clearly…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-11-14 Ziv Shami

The paper presents geometric models for the set WO of weak orders on a finite set. In particulary, WO is modeled as a set of vertices of a cubical subdivision of a permutahedron. This approach is an alternative to the usual representation…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sergei Ovchinnikov

We develop the theory of weak Fraisse categories, where the crucial concept is the weak amalgamation property, discovered relatively recently in model theory. We show that, in a suitable framework, every weak Fraisse category has its unique…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-25 Wieslaw Kubiś

Using the two way distance, we introduce the concepts of weak metric dimension of a strongly connected digraph $\Gamma$. We first establish lower and upper bounds for the number of arcs in $\Gamma$ by using the diameter and weak metric…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Min Feng , Kaishun Wang , Yuefeng Yang

Weak $\omega$-categories are notoriously difficult to define because of the very intricate nature of their axioms. Various approaches have been explored, based on different shapes given to the cells. Interestingly, homotopy type theory…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-11-14 Thibaut Benjamin

Many definitions of weak and strict $\infty$-categories have been proposed. In this paper we present a definition for $\infty$-categories with strict associators, but which is otherwise fully weak. Our approach is based on the existing type…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-06 Eric Finster , Alex Rice , Jamie Vicary