Segal-type models of higher categories

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• Simona Paoli (University of Leicester)
• Friday 03 November 2017, 11:00-12:00
• Computer Science, The Sloman Lounge (UG).

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Abstract: Higher categorical structures find applications to diverse areas, such as homotopy theory, mathematical physics, logic and computer science, algebraic geometry. I will start this talk with an introduction to higher categories and to some of their connections with homotopy theory. I will then discuss a class of higher categories, called Segal-type models of weak n-categories, which are based on the combinatorics of multi-simplicial sets. This comprise the Tamsamani-Simpson model, as well as two new models which I have introduced, based on a new paradigm to weaken higher categorical structures.

This talk is part of the Theoretical computer science seminar series.

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• Computer Science Departmental Series
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• Computer Science, The Sloman Lounge (UG)
• Theoretical computer science seminar
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