Categorical and combinatorial aspects of descent theory

DOI10.1023/B:APCS.0000049317.24861.36zbMATH Open1082.18011arXivmath/0303175OpenAlexW2087562157WikidataQ56687282 ScholiaQ56687282MaRDI QIDQ1771124FDOQ1771124

Authors: Ross H. Street 

Publication date: 7 April 2005

Published in: Applied Categorical Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: There is a construction which lies at the heart of descent theory. The combinatorial aspects of this paper concern the description of the construction in all dimensions. The description is achieved precisely for strict n-categories and outlined for weak n-categories. The categorical aspects concern the development of descent theory in low dimensions in order to provide a template for a theory in all dimensions. The theory involves non-abelian cohomology, stacks, torsors, homotopy, and higher-dimensional categories. Many of the ideas are scattered through the literature or are folklore; a few are new.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0303175

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zbMATH Keywords

cohomologydescentstacknon-abelian cohomologyfactorization systemtorsor\(n\)-categorycomputad\(\omega\)-categoryparity complexweak \(n\)-categorycohomology of an \(\omega\)-categorycomputadsdescent categoryglobesweak \(\omega\)-category

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Presheaves and sheaves, stacks, descent conditions (category-theoretic aspects) (18F20) Nonabelian homological algebra (category-theoretic aspects) (18G50)

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