nLab double nerve

Context

2-category theory

Homotopy theory

homotopy theory, (∞,1)-category theory, homotopy type theory

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see also algebraic topology

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A version of the nerve of a category for 2-categories:

The double nerve [Bullejos, Faro & Blanco 2005 p 227, Cegarra & Remedios 2005 p 39] of a 2-category CC is the bisimplicial set obtained by regarding CC as a Cat-enriched category or a Cat-internal category and then applying the ordinary nerve operation to each hom-object category to obtain first a simplicially enriched category and then to apply the obvious nerve operation again to obtain a bisimplicial set.

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