The root functor

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Main Author: Pratali, Francesca
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contents In this paper we show that any $\infty$-operad is equivalent to the localization of a discrete $Σ$-free operad, working in the formalism of dendroidal sets. The key point is defining the root functor of a dendroidal set $X$, a functor from the dendroidal nerve of a discrete operad $\mathbfΩ/X$ into $X$, which we show to be an operadic weak equivalence after localizing $\mathbfΩ/X$. This extends an analogous result for $\infty$-categories due to Joyal: when $X$ is a simplicial set, $\mathbfΩ/X$ is its category of elements, and the root functor is the last vertex map. As an application, we deduce that the $\infty$-category of algebras over an $\infty$-operad is equivalent to that of locally constant algebras over its discrete resolution.
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Pratali, Francesca
Algebraic Topology
Category Theory
In this paper we show that any $\infty$-operad is equivalent to the localization of a discrete $Σ$-free operad, working in the formalism of dendroidal sets. The key point is defining the root functor of a dendroidal set $X$, a functor from the dendroidal nerve of a discrete operad $\mathbfΩ/X$ into $X$, which we show to be an operadic weak equivalence after localizing $\mathbfΩ/X$. This extends an analogous result for $\infty$-categories due to Joyal: when $X$ is a simplicial set, $\mathbfΩ/X$ is its category of elements, and the root functor is the last vertex map. As an application, we deduce that the $\infty$-category of algebras over an $\infty$-operad is equivalent to that of locally constant algebras over its discrete resolution.
title The root functor
topic Algebraic Topology
Category Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14288