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(n,0)-category

An (n,0)-category is an (n,r)-category that is an n-groupoid.

By the general rules of (n,r)-categories, an (n,0)-category is an -category such that

  • any j-morphism is an equivalence, for j>0;
  • any two parallel j-morphisms are equivalent, for j>n.

You can start from any notion of -category, strict or weak; up to equivalence, the result is the same as an n-groupoid with a corresponding level of strictness.

Revised on June 3, 2011 17:04:28 by Urs Schreiber (89.204.153.89)