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omega-groupoid

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An ω-groupoid is an ω-category (see there for more details) in which all k-morphisms for all k are equivalences.

This is also called an ∞-groupoid. In the literature the term ”ω-groupoid” is usually reserved for algebraic models instead of geometric models?.

How strict the ω-category and the inverses must be can vary. Somes authors that use the term ‘ω-groupoid’ mean strict ω-groupoid by default and speak of weak ω-groupoid otherwise.

Revised on December 13, 2011 10:08:32 by Urs Schreiber (82.169.65.155)