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2-categories for the working algebraic geometer

I study algebraic geometry / number theory and from time to time I stumble upon 2-categorical (co)limits. I have two main examples in mind: Example 1) In étale cohomology, the (triangulated) derived ...
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Examples of strictification of a weak category obtained from a generalisation of a strict category

I have made the following observation (hopefully a correct one) when reading the paper Orbifolds as stacks: They start with the strict $2$-category category of Lie groupoids, functors, natural ...
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