Elements of ∞-category theory

The language of ∞-categories provides an insightful new way of expressing many results in higher-dimensional mathematics but can be challenging for the uninitiated. To explain what exactly an ∞-category is requires various technical models, raising the question of how they might be compared. To over...

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1. Verfasser: Riehl, Emily (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Verity, Dominic (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2022
Ausgabe:Frist published
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics 194
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Zusammenfassung:The language of ∞-categories provides an insightful new way of expressing many results in higher-dimensional mathematics but can be challenging for the uninitiated. To explain what exactly an ∞-category is requires various technical models, raising the question of how they might be compared. To overcome this, a model-independent approach is desired, so that theorems proven with any model would apply to them all. This text develops the theory of ∞-categories from first principles in a model-independent fashion using the axiomatic framework of an ∞-cosmos, the universe in which ∞-categories live as objects. An ∞-cosmos is a fertile setting for the formal category theory of ∞-categories, and in this way the foundational proofs in ∞-category theory closely resemble the classical foundations of ordinary category theory. Equipped with exercises and appendices with background material, this first introduction is meant for students and researchers who have a strong foundation in classical 1-category theory
Beschreibung:xix, 759 Seiten
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ISBN:9781108837989
978-1-108-83798-9
9781108936880
978-1-108-93688-0