nLab weak omega-category

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Context

Higher category theory

higher category theory

Basic concepts

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Idea

In higher category theory the term weak ω\omega-categories is essentially synonymous with infinity-category in the fully general sense of (infinity,infinity)-category. The terms “ω\omega-category” and “\infty-category” originate in different schools and their choice of use is mostly a matter of the preference of individual authors.

One slight difference is that “\infty-category” usually implies a “weak” (fully general) notion, while in addition to weak ω\omega-categories there are also strict ones. Another difference is that definitions of weak ω\omega-categories tend to be algebraic instead of geometric (accordingly typically the central open question is whether a definition really satisfies the homotopy hypothesis), though some definitions of weak ω\omega-categories are geometry (for instance some flavors of definition of opetopic omega-category).

Examples

The following are examples for proposals of definitions of weak ω\omega-categories.

References

See the general references at higher category theory.

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