From zero to manifold-diagrammatic higher categories

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May 2023	very first draft	pdf	tex

Abstract

We write out a self-contained definition of manifold-diagrammatic higher categories with no fluff provided.

Idea

This document contains the ‘bare minimum’ of self-contained mathematics needed for giving a (or, rather, some form of) definition of manifold-diagrammatic higher categories. More gentle introductions to manifold diagrams, combinatorial manifold diagrams, and their related models of higher categories exist, see related material below.

Related material

• this paper on manifold diagrams
• this blog post on trusses and this blog post on diagrammatic higher categories
• the $n$Lab articles on manifold diagrams, trusses and manifold-diagrammatic categories
• Other related introductory material
• Broadly related papers