A full and faithful nerve for 2-categories

DOI10.1007/S10485-005-2957-6MaRDI QIDQ816647zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors N. E. Zubov

Publication date 23 February 2006

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406615

zbMATH Keywords

2-categorynerveoriental

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification of homotopy type (55P15)

Abstract: The notion of geometric nerve of a 2-category (Street, cite{refstreet}) provides a full and faithful functor if regarded as defined on the category of 2-categories and lax 2-functors. Furthermore, lax 2-natural transformations between lax 2-functors give rise to homotopies between the corresponding simplicial maps. These facts allow us to prove a representation theorem of the general non abelian cohomology of groupoids (classifying non abelian extensions of groupoids) by means of homotopy classes of simplicial maps.

Review text

The nerve of an \(n\)-category was defined by the reviewer [\textit{R. Street}, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 49, 283--335 (1987; Zbl 0661.18005)]. When considered as a functor from the category of 2-categories and lax functors to the category of simplicial sets, this nerve is fully faithful. Lax natural transformations between lax functors yield homotopies. Using this, the authors prove a representation theorem for the general non-abelian cohomology of groupoids by means of homotopy classes of simplicial maps; this cohomology classifies non-abelian extensions of groupoids.

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