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href="/nlab/show/E-%E2%88%9E+ring">E-∞ ring</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div> <p> <a href="/nlab/edit/stable+homotopy+theory+-+contents">Edit this sidebar</a> </p> </div></div></div> <h4 id="category_theory"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>∞</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\infty,1)</annotation></semantics></math>-Category theory</h4> <div class="hide"><div> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category+theory">(∞,1)-category theory</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/category+theory">category theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+category+theory">higher category theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28n%2Cr%29-category">(n,r)-category</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Basic concepts</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">(∞,1)-category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/hom-object+in+a+quasi-category">hom-objects</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+in+a+quasi-category">equivalences in</a>/<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+of+quasi-categories">of</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>∞</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\infty,1)</annotation></semantics></math>-categories</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/sub-quasi-category">sub-(∞,1)-category</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/reflective+sub-%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">reflective sub-(∞,1)-category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/localization+of+an+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">reflective localization</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/opposite+quasi-category">opposite (∞,1)-category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/over+quasi-category">over (∞,1)-category</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/join+of+quasi-categories">join of quasi-categories</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-functor">(∞,1)-functor</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/exact+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-functor">exact (∞,1)-functor</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category+of+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-functors">(∞,1)-category of (∞,1)-functors</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category+of+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-presheaves">(∞,1)-category of (∞,1)-presheaves</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fibrations+of+quasi-categories">fibrations</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/inner+fibration">inner fibration</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/left+fibration">left/right fibration</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Cartesian+fibration">Cartesian fibration</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Cartesian+morphism">Cartesian morphism</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Universal constructions</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/limit+in+quasi-categories">limit</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/terminal+object+in+a+quasi-category">terminal object</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/adjoint+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-functor">adjoint functors</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Local presentation</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/locally+presentable+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">locally presentable</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/essentially+small+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">essentially small</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/locally+small+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">locally small</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/accessible+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">accessible</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/idempotent-complete+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">idempotent-complete</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Theorems</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-Yoneda+lemma">(∞,1)-Yoneda lemma</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-Grothendieck+construction">(∞,1)-Grothendieck construction</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/adjoint+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-functor+theorem">adjoint (∞,1)-functor theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/monadicity+theorem">(∞,1)-monadicity theorem</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Extra stuff, structure, properties</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/stable+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">stable (∞,1)-category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-topos">(∞,1)-topos</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Models</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/category+with+weak+equivalences">category with weak equivalences</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/model+category">model category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/derivator">derivator</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quasi-category">quasi-category</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/model+structure+for+quasi-categories">model structure for quasi-categories</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/model+structure+for+Cartesian+fibrations">model structure for Cartesian fibrations</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/relation+between+quasi-categories+and+simplicial+categories">relation to simplicial categories</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+coherent+nerve">homotopy coherent nerve</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/simplicial+model+category">simplicial model category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/presentable+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">presentable quasi-category</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Kan+complex">Kan complex</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/model+structure+on+simplicial+sets">model structure for Kan complexes</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div></div> </div> </div> <h1 id="contents">Contents</h1> <div class='maruku_toc'> <ul> <li><a href='#idea'>Idea</a></li> <ul> <li><a href='#in_stable_categories'>In stable <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mn>∞</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation></semantics></math>-categories</a></li> <ul> <li><a href='#definition'>Definition</a></li> <li><a href='#examples'>Examples</a></li> </ul> <li><a href='#in_toposes'>In <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mn>∞</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation></semantics></math>-toposes</a></li> </ul> <li><a href='#related_concepts'>Related concepts</a></li> <li><a href='#references'>References</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="idea">Idea</h2> <h3 id="in_stable_categories">In stable <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mn>∞</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation></semantics></math>-categories</h3> <h4 id="definition">Definition</h4> <p>In broad generality, given a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/stable+%28infinity%2C1%29-category">stable <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"> <semantics> <mrow> <mn>∞</mn> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation> </semantics> </math>-category</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>𝒜</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal{A}</annotation></semantics></math> equipped with a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/t-structure">t-structure</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≥</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≤</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>↪</mo><mi>𝒜</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal{A}_{\geq n}, \mathcal{A}_{\leq n} \hookrightarrow \mathcal{A}</annotation></semantics></math>, the objects in the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/full+sub-%28infinity%2C1%29-category">full sub-<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"> <semantics> <mrow> <mn>∞</mn> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation> </semantics> </math>-category</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≥</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal{A}_{\geq n}</annotation></semantics></math> are the <em><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</annotation></semantics></math>-connective objects</em>, for any <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>ℤ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n \in \mathbb{Z}</annotation></semantics></math>.</p> <p>Here typically one understands that a plain “connective” is short for “0-connective.”</p> <p>Accordingly, the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/coreflective+subcategory">coreflections</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>𝒜</mi><mo>→</mo><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≥</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal{A} \to \mathcal{A}_{\geq n}</annotation></semantics></math> are called the <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/connective+cover">connective cover</a></em>-constructions.</p> <p>Dually, the objects of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≤</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal{A}_{\leq n}</annotation></semantics></math> may be called the “<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</annotation></semantics></math>-<em>co</em>connective objects”. For non-negative <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>ℕ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">k \in \mathbb{N}</annotation></semantics></math> the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/intersection">intersection</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mo>∩</mo><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≤</mo><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal{A}_{\geq 0} \cap \mathcal{A}_{\leq k}</annotation></semantics></math> of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/sub-%28infinity%2C1%29-categories">sub-(infinity,1)-categories</a> of objects which are both connective and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">k</annotation></semantics></math>-coconnective are equivalently the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/n-truncated+object+in+an+%28infinity%2C1%29-category"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"> <semantics> <mrow> <mi>k</mi> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">k</annotation> </semantics> </math>-truncted</a> connective object:</p> <div class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>τ</mi> <mrow><mo>≤</mo><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mspace width="thickmathspace"></mspace><mo>≃</mo><mspace width="thickmathspace"></mspace><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mo>∩</mo><msub><mi>𝒜</mi> <mrow><mo>≤</mo><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace><mo>.</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \tau_{\leq k} \mathcal{A}_{\geq 0} \;\simeq\; \mathcal{A}_{\geq 0} \cap \mathcal{A}_{\leq k} \,. </annotation></semantics></math></div> <p>(<a href="#LurieHA">Lurie, Warning 1.2.1.9</a>)</p> <h4 id="examples">Examples</h4> <ul> <li> <p>For the standard <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/t-structure">t-structure</a> on an <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28infinity%2C1%29-category+of+chain+complexes"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"> <semantics> <mrow> <mn>∞</mn> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation> </semantics> </math>-category of chain complexes</a>, the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</annotation></semantics></math>-connective objects are the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</annotation></semantics></math>-<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/connective+chain+complexes">connective chain complexes</a>, namely those which are concentrated in degrees <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>≥</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\geq n</annotation></semantics></math>.</p> </li> <li> <p>For the standard <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/t-structure">t-structure</a> on an <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28infinity%2C1%29-category+of+spectra"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"> <semantics> <mrow> <mn>∞</mn> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation> </semantics> </math>-category of spectra</a>, the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</annotation></semantics></math>-connective objects are the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</annotation></semantics></math>-<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/connective+spectra">connective spectra</a>, namely those whose <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/stable+homotopy+groups">stable homotopy groups</a> are concentrated in degree <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>≥</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\geq n</annotation></semantics></math>.</p> </li> </ul> <h3 id="in_toposes">In <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mn>∞</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation></semantics></math>-toposes</h3> <p>In an <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28infinity%2C1%29-topos"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"> <semantics> <mrow> <mn>∞</mn> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation> </semantics> </math>-topos</a> one would — following traditional in <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/algebraic+topology">algebraic topology</a> — instead speak of the <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/n-connected+object+in+an+%28infinity%2C1%29-topos"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"> <semantics> <mrow> <mi>k</mi> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">k</annotation> </semantics> </math>-connected</a></em> for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>ℕ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">k \in \mathbb{N}</annotation></semantics></math>. If one insists on saying “connective” also in this case (as is the convention in <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Jacob+Lurie">Lurie</a>‘s <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Higher+Topos+Theory">Higher Topos Theory</a></em>) then there is a shift in degree: <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</annotation></semantics></math>-connected corresponds to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n+1</annotation></semantics></math> connective. (See <a href="n-connected+object+of+an+infinity1-topos#Connectedness">there</a> for more.)</p> <h2 id="related_concepts">Related concepts</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/t-structure">t-structure</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/connective+chain+complex">connective chain complex</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/connective+spectrum">connective spectrum</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/connective+spectrum+object">connective spectrum object</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <p>For general discussion in the context of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/stable+%28infinity%2C1%29-categories">stable <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"> <semantics> <mrow> <mn>∞</mn> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</annotation> </semantics> </math>-categories</a> see the references at <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/t-structure">t-structure</a></em>, such as</p> <ul> <li id="LurieHA"><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Jacob+Lurie">Jacob Lurie</a>, Section 1.2.1 in: <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Higher+Algebra">Higher Algebra</a></em></li> </ul> <p>For the terminology “connective”/“coconnective” in this context, see for instance:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Harry Smith, Def. 2.1 in: <em>Bounded t-structures on the category of perfect complexes over a Noetherian ring of finite Krull dimension</em>, Advances in Mathematics <strong>399</strong> (2022) 108241 [<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2022.108241">doi:10.1016/j.aim.2022.108241</a>, <a href="http://homepages.math.uic.edu/~hsmith36/Bounded%20t-structures%20on%20perfect%20complexes.pdf">pdf</a>]</p> </li> <li> <p>Emanuele Pavia, p. 4 of: <em>t-structures on ∞-categories</em> (2021) [<a href="https://genoa-logic-group.github.io/itaca-workshop-2021/assets/slides/PaviaE.pdf">pdf</a>]</p> </li> </ul> </body></html> </div> <div class="revisedby"> <p> Created on April 20, 2023 at 07:14:34. 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