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# Models for $(\infty, n)$-categories and the cobordism hypothesis

@article{Bergner2010ModelsF,
title={Models for \$(\infty, n)\$-categories and the cobordism hypothesis},
author={Julia E. Bergner},
journal={arXiv: Algebraic Topology},
year={2010}
}
• J. Bergner
• Published 2010
• Mathematics
• arXiv: Algebraic Topology
In this paper we introduce the models for $(\infty, n)$-categories which have been developed to date, as well as the comparisons between them that are known and conjectured. We review the role of $(\infty, n)$-categories in the proof of the Cobordism Hypothesis.
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