In this work we study exactness in the sesqui-category of n-groupoids. Using homotopy pullbacks, we construct a six term sequence of (n-1)-groupoids from an n-functor between pointed n-groupoids. We show that the sequence is exact in a suitable sense, which generalizes the usual notions of exactness for groups and categorical groups. Moreover, iterating the process, we get a ziqqurath2 of exact sequences of increasing length and decreasing dimension. For n = 1, we recover a classical result due to R. Brown and, for n = 2, its generalizations due to Hardie, Kamps and Kieboom and to Duskin, Kieboom and Vitale.
The ziqqurath of exact sequences of $n$-groupoids / S. Kasangian, G. Metere, E.M. Vitale. - In: CAHIERS DE TOPOLOGIE ET GÉOMÉTRIE DIFFÉRENTIELLE CATÉGORIQUES. - ISSN 1245-530X. - 52:1(2011), pp. 2-44.
The ziqqurath of exact sequences of $n$-groupoids
S. KasangianPrimo
;G. MetereSecondo
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2011
Abstract
In this work we study exactness in the sesqui-category of n-groupoids. Using homotopy pullbacks, we construct a six term sequence of (n-1)-groupoids from an n-functor between pointed n-groupoids. We show that the sequence is exact in a suitable sense, which generalizes the usual notions of exactness for groups and categorical groups. Moreover, iterating the process, we get a ziqqurath2 of exact sequences of increasing length and decreasing dimension. For n = 1, we recover a classical result due to R. Brown and, for n = 2, its generalizations due to Hardie, Kamps and Kieboom and to Duskin, Kieboom and Vitale.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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