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This question arose from reading Jacob Lurie's "Classification of topological field theories" paper. In that paper, he uses complete $n$-fold Segal spaces as a model for $(\infty,n)$-categories, but he "glosses over" the question what a \emph{symmetric monoidal} symmetric monoidal $(\infty,n)$-category is (a notion that is central for the whole theory). So here is the question:

''What structure on an $n$-fold complete Segal space does turn it into a symmetric monoidal $(\infty,n)$-category? (or: where can I read about it?)''

What structure on an $n$-fold complete Segal space does turn it into a symmetric monoidal $(\infty,n)$-category, and where can I read about it?

This question arose from reading Jacob Lurie's "Classification of topological field theories" paper. In that paper, he uses complete $n$-fold Segal spaces as a model for $(\infty,n)$-categories, but he "glosses over" the question what a \emph{symmetric monoidal} $(\infty,n)$-category is (a notion that is central for the whole theory). So here is the question:

''What structure on an $n$-fold complete Segal space does turn it into a symmetric monoidal $(\infty,n)$-category? (or: where can I read about it?)''

This question arose from reading Jacob Lurie's "Classification of topological field theories" paper. In that paper, he uses complete $n$-fold Segal spaces as a model for $(\infty,n)$-categories, but he "glosses over" the question what a symmetric monoidal $(\infty,n)$-category is (a notion that is central for the whole theory). So here is the question:

What structure on an $n$-fold complete Segal space does turn it into a symmetric monoidal $(\infty,n)$-category, and where can I read about it?

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What is a symmetric monoidal $(\infty,n)$-category?

This question arose from reading Jacob Lurie's "Classification of topological field theories" paper. In that paper, he uses complete $n$-fold Segal spaces as a model for $(\infty,n)$-categories, but he "glosses over" the question what a \emph{symmetric monoidal} $(\infty,n)$-category is (a notion that is central for the whole theory). So here is the question:

''What structure on an $n$-fold complete Segal space does turn it into a symmetric monoidal $(\infty,n)$-category? (or: where can I read about it?)''