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Main Author: Goldthorpe, Zach
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14827
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author Goldthorpe, Zach
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contents The purpose of this note is to resolve a conjecture in arXiv:2307.00442(4), regarding the initial algebra for the enrichment endofunctor $(-)\mathbf{Cat}$ over general symmetric monoidal $(\infty, 1)$-categories. We prove that Adámek's construction of an initial algebra for $(-)\mathbf{Cat}$ does not terminate; more precisely, we show that Adámake's construction of an initial algebra for the endofunctor $(-)\mathbf{Cat}^{<λ}$ that sends a symmetric monoidal $(\infty, 1)$-category $\mathscr{V}$ to the $(\infty, 1)$-category of $\mathscr{V}$-enriched categories with at most $λ$ equivalence classes of objects terminates in precisely $λ$ steps. We also prove that an initial algebra for the endofunctor $(-)\mathbf{Cat}$ exists nonetheless, and characterise it as the $(\infty, 1)$-category consisting of those $(\infty, \infty)$-categories that satisfy a weak finiteness property we call Noetherian.
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spellingShingle A note on Noetherian $(\infty, \infty)$-categories
Goldthorpe, Zach
Category Theory
18D20, 19D23, 18C10, 18N65
The purpose of this note is to resolve a conjecture in arXiv:2307.00442(4), regarding the initial algebra for the enrichment endofunctor $(-)\mathbf{Cat}$ over general symmetric monoidal $(\infty, 1)$-categories. We prove that Adámek's construction of an initial algebra for $(-)\mathbf{Cat}$ does not terminate; more precisely, we show that Adámake's construction of an initial algebra for the endofunctor $(-)\mathbf{Cat}^{<λ}$ that sends a symmetric monoidal $(\infty, 1)$-category $\mathscr{V}$ to the $(\infty, 1)$-category of $\mathscr{V}$-enriched categories with at most $λ$ equivalence classes of objects terminates in precisely $λ$ steps. We also prove that an initial algebra for the endofunctor $(-)\mathbf{Cat}$ exists nonetheless, and characterise it as the $(\infty, 1)$-category consisting of those $(\infty, \infty)$-categories that satisfy a weak finiteness property we call Noetherian.
title A note on Noetherian $(\infty, \infty)$-categories
topic Category Theory
18D20, 19D23, 18C10, 18N65
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14827