3 papers
math.CT2025
Universality of span 2-categories and the construction of 6-functor formalisms
Bastiaan Cnossen, Tobias Lenz, Sil Linskens
Given an -category equipped with suitable wide subcategories , we show that the -category $\text{S}{\scriptstyle\text{PAN}}_2(C,E)_…
math.CT2025
A short proof of the universality of the relative Rezk nerve
Kensuke Arakawa, Bastiaan Cnossen
We give a concise, conceptual proof of the universality of the relative Rezk nerve, due to Mazel-Gee.
math.AT2025
Universality of Barwick's unfurling construction
Bastiaan Cnossen, Tobias Lenz, Maxime Ramzi
Given an -category with pullbacks, its -category of spans has the universal property of freely adding right adjoints…