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Part of higher category theory that for instance in Algebraic Topology enables us to capture finer homotopic distinctions. As in say Eilenberg-Maclane spaces.

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Pushout of quasi-categories with finite coproducts

A pushout $B \coprod_A C$ will almost never have all coproduct. the problem is that objects in $B \coprod_A C$ are all either objects of $B$ or objects of $C$, so if $B \coprod_A C$ has coproduct, it …
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Which free strict $\omega$-categories are also free as weak $(\infty,\infty)$-categories?

If you don't mind, I'll talk about strinct $\infty$-categories, but weak $(\infty,n)$-category to avoid discussing the 'problem' regarding the non uniqueness of the meaning of $(\infty,\infty)$-catego …
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Is there a "geometric definition" of globular $\infty$-groupoids/categories?

In short there isn't: the problem is that if you just have globular sets - and if you want $k$-cells to model $k$-arrows following the globular structure - then globular sets have no way of expressing …
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Are $\infty$-categories functorially colimits of their simplices?

This is just an expended version of the comment. The answer to the question as asked is no. The problem is that for any ($\infty$-)category $J$ the category $D_J$ of functors $J \to Cat_\infty$ that a …
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$(n,1)$-dagger categories

Well, it is easy to give definitions, the problem is finding the "right" one. Here "right" can mean that gives the correct notion up to homotopy (many definition will be equivalent) but also it can me …
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Truncation of infinity-categories

There is a bit of notation to be careful about here: $\mathcal{X}_{\leqslant 1}$ is often used to denote the full subcategory of $\mathcal{X}$ of set-truncated object. For example if $\mathcal{X}$ is …
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Intermediate notions of bilinearity in higher algebra

Let me clarify a bit what I meant in my comment on how the notion of bilinearity will depends on "how commutative" are $A$, $B$ and $C$, and this is one way to define a hierarchy of notion of bilinear …
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Can conservativity depend on the universe?

Probably not the best one can do, and what follows might be a bit 'overkill', but it answer the question about dependency on universe, and it is a nice argument. Also if you know how the proof of th …
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Equivalences of categories of sheaves vs categories of $\infty$-Stack

I just found an example, so I thought it would be good to post it here, but if anyone knows other examples, or a more general way to construct some I would be interested to see them as well. This exa …
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Localization of $\infty$-categories

While it can be obtain formally using the adjoint functor theorem as mentioned by Marc Hoyois in the comment. There are several explicit constructions. First, the localization functor which send a sm …
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sSet-enriched categories, quasi-categories and the model-independent theory

This has not been done, and there are good reasons for it: While $sSet$-enriched categories are indeed very good to easily get examples of $\infty$-categories, they are very bad at understanding what …
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Does $\infty$-categorical localization commute with taking directed fibered products?

Here is a counter example in the general case: Take $E = [1] = 0 \to 1 $. $D = \{0\} \coprod \{1\} $ and $C = \{1\}$. where all maps are weak equivalence. The lax-pullback is $\{id:1 \to 1\}$, and the …
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A possible alternative model for $\infty$-groupoids

It is known that the category of finite non-empty set is a test category, in particular there exists a model structure on the category of presheaf on $Fin_+$ whose cofibrations are the monomorphisms a …
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Conservative cocompletion of categories of geometric shapes for homotopy theory

I don't really see a way to give a single answer here, these are 7 different questions (well actually a lot more than 7 if we count all the different flavours of cubes, and of the other ones, probably …
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