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Nick Gurski,
Niles Johnson, and
Angélica M. Osorno
2-categorical opfibrations, Quillen's Theorem B, and S-1S
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July 13, 2021. |
Keywords: |
opfibration, group completion, 2-categories. |
Subject: |
19D23; 18D30, 18M05, 18N45, 18N10, 19D06, 55N25, 55P48. |
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Abstract
In this paper we show that the strict and lax pullbacks of a
2-categorical opfibration along an arbitrary 2-functor are homotopy equivalent. We give two
applications. First, we show that the strict fibers of an opfibration
model the homotopy fibers. This is a version of Quillen's Theorem B
amenable to applications. Second, we compute the E2 page of a
homology spectral sequence associated to an opfibration and apply this
machinery to a 2-categorical construction of S-1S. We show that
if S is a symmetric monoidal 2-groupoid with faithful translations
then S-1S models the group completion of S.
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Acknowledgements
The third author was partially supported by
NSF Grant DMS-1709302.
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Author information
Nick Gurski:
Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
nick.gurski@case.edu
Niles Johnson:
Department of Mathematics
The Ohio State University at Newark
Newark, OH 43055, USA
niles@math.osu.edu
Angélica M. Osorno:
Department of Mathematics
Reed College
Portland, Oregon 97202, USA
aosorno@reed.edu
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