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Higher categories and the (∞,n)-category of bordism

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Speaker: 
Lyne Moser
Affiliation: 
MPIM
Date: 
Mon, 28/06/2021 - 14:00 - 15:00
Parent event: 
MPIM Topology Seminar

I will introduce higher categories (2-categories, n-categories,  (∞,n)-categories) with some motivating examples. In particular,
I will describe Barwick's n-fold complete Segal spaces, which model 
(∞,n)-categories and are used to construct the
(∞,n)-category of bordisms. 

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