English

$(A_\infty,2)$-categories and relative 2-operads

Category Theory 2021-06-30 v2 Algebraic Topology Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We define the notion of a 2-operad relative to an operad, and prove that the 2-associahedra form a 2-operad relative to the associahedra. Using this structure, we define the notions of an (A,2)(A_\infty,2)-category and (A,2)(A_\infty,2)-algebra in spaces and in chain complexes over a ring. Finally, we show that for any continuous map AXA \to X, we can associate an (A,2)(A_\infty,2)-algebra θ(AX)\theta(A \to X) in Top\textsf{Top}, which specializes to θ(ptX)=Ω2X\theta(\text{pt} \to X) = \Omega^2 X and θ(Apt)=ΩA×ΩA\theta(A \to \text{pt}) = \Omega A \times \Omega A.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1811.05442,
  title  = {$(A_\infty,2)$-categories and relative 2-operads},
  author = {Nathaniel Bottman and Shachar Carmeli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.05442},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

19 pages, 8 figures. Final version for publication in Higher Structures

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