Gray-categories model algebraic tricategories

The Golden Hourglass by Craig Schaffer
Tue, April 26, 2022
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
MW lobby at 1:50, Oval at 2

Title:  Gray-categories model algebraic tricategories

Speaker:  Giovanni Ferrer (The Ohio State University)

Abstract:  In this talk we will review some basic facts about model categories and 3-categories, describing the Quillen model structure on the category of 3-categories. We will then show that localizing this category at the weak equivalences is the same as taking equivalence classes of 3-functors.

We plan to hold this talk outdoors on the Oval at 2pm using dry erase boards. We will meet in the lobby of the Math Tower at 1:50 to walk over together.

URL associated with Seminar:  https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/math/vqss/