Baez–Breen–Dolan stabilization hypothesis for weak n-categories

Let n0n\ge 0 be fixed. For k0k\ge 0, define recursively the dendroidal set wCatknwCat_k^n of weak kk-monoidal nn-categories by

wCat0n=nCat,wCat_0^n=\,{}_nCat,

and, for k>0k>0,

wCatkn=[A,wCatk1n],A=Nd(As).wCat_k^n=[A,wCat_{k-1}^n],\qquad A=N_d(As).

A dendrex of shape η\eta in wCatknwCat_k^n is called a kk-monoidal nn-category. Baez–Breen–Dolan stabilization hypothesis. For a fixed n0n\ge 0, there is an isomorphism of dendroidal sets

wCatknwCatn+2nwCat_k^n\cong wCat_{n+2}^n

for any kn+2k\ge n+2. This is the stabilization prediction for the hierarchy of weak monoidal structures: beyond level n+2n+2, increasing the monoidal degree should add no new information. The statement is made here for the specific dendroidal-set model of weak nn-categories and is presented as a conjectural hypothesis.

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Ittay Weiss, “From Operads to Dendroidal Sets”, arXiv:1012.4315 (2011).

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