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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorDavidRoberts
   • CommentTimeApr 27th 2012
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   Author: DavidRoberts
   Format: MarkdownItex[[James Wallbridge]] put on the arXiv a paper derived from his thesis. I've linked to both from his page here. Urs, in particular, [was interested](http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2011/07/doctrinal_and_tannakian_recons.html#c038902) in seeing a copy

   James Wallbridge put on the arXiv a paper derived from his thesis. I’ve linked to both from his page here. Urs, in particular, was interested in seeing a copy

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeApr 27th 2012
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexThanks +1! I have added the links also to the pointer to his thesis that was at the bottom of _[[Tannaka duality]]_. Am reading...

   Thanks +1! I have added the links also to the pointer to his thesis that was at the bottom of Tannaka duality. Am reading…

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
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   Format: MarkdownItexAh, nonabelian [[∞-gerbes]] in [def. 4.11](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1204.5787v1.pdf#page=26) done right.

   Ah, nonabelian ∞-gerbes in def. 4.11 done right.

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeApr 27th 2012
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexFor the convenience of anyone following this here, here is a lightning summary: We are in the context of the $\infty$-topos $\mathbf{H}$ over some site of formal duals of algebras. So we have a canonical $\infty$-presheaf $Mod$ which sends an algebra to its collection of modules, and we consider topologies such that this is an $\infty$-sheaf. And similarly there is a $Perf \hookrightarrow Mod$ of nice objects. The key conceptual step considered is then on [p. 37](http://arxiv.org/pdf/1204.5787v1.pdf#page=37): $Perf$ is regarded now as a [[dualizing object]] between $\mathbf{H}$ and the $\infty$-category of suitable monoidal $\infty$-categories: homming any $\infty$-sheaf $X$ into $Perf$ gives the tensor $\infty$-category of nice "$\infty$-vector bundles over $X$", and dually. (Reading the $Mod$ and $Perf$ as categorifications of sheaves of functions, this a categorified $\mathcal{O} \dashv Spec$-adjunction: from a space we form its 2-ring of 2-functions and from a 2-ring we form the space that is its 2-spectrum). The question now is: restricted to which spaces $X \in \mathbf{H}$ does this duality constutute an equivalence? The answer of [theorem 7.14](http://arxiv.org/pdf/1204.5787v1.pdf#page=40) is: at least for those $X$ which are group objects represented in a nice way by group objects in the site.

   For the convenience of anyone following this here, here is a lightning summary:

   We are in the context of the $\infty$-topos $\mathbf{H}$ over some site of formal duals of algebras. So we have a canonical $\infty$-presheaf $Mod$ which sends an algebra to its collection of modules, and we consider topologies such that this is an $\infty$-sheaf. And similarly there is a $Perf \hookrightarrow Mod$ of nice objects.

   The key conceptual step considered is then on p. 37: $Perf$ is regarded now as a dualizing object between $\mathbf{H}$ and the $\infty$-category of suitable monoidal $\infty$-categories:

   homming any $\infty$-sheaf $X$ into $Perf$ gives the tensor $\infty$-category of nice “$\infty$-vector bundles over $X$”, and dually.

   (Reading the $Mod$ and $Perf$ as categorifications of sheaves of functions, this a categorified $\mathcal{O} \dashv Spec$-adjunction: from a space we form its 2-ring of 2-functions and from a 2-ring we form the space that is its 2-spectrum).

   The question now is: restricted to which spaces $X \in \mathbf{H}$ does this duality constutute an equivalence?

   The answer of theorem 7.14 is: at least for those $X$ which are group objects represented in a nice way by group objects in the site.

5. • CommentRowNumber5.
   • CommentAuthorTim_Porter
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   Author: Tim_Porter
   Format: MarkdownItexThe Adelaide link gives me a badly formatting copy of the thesis. Any idea why?

   The Adelaide link gives me a badly formatting copy of the thesis. Any idea why?

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeApr 27th 2012
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexDo you mean [http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/69436/1/02whole.pdf](http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/69436/1/02whole.pdf)? That works well for me. By the way (seeing the title page of the thesis again), a) I didn't know that Varghese Mathai is looking into such matters and b) that it an impressive thesis jury!

   Do you mean http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/69436/1/02whole.pdf? That works well for me.

   By the way (seeing the title page of the thesis again), a) I didn’t know that Varghese Mathai is looking into such matters and b) that it an impressive thesis jury!

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   • CommentAuthorDavidRoberts
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   Format: MarkdownItexMathai isn't into higher category theory, he was just James' supervisor to start with, and at some point suggested he look into Tannaka theory when approaching geometric Langlands. Things just went from there and James moved to France to work with Toen.

   Mathai isn’t into higher category theory, he was just James’ supervisor to start with, and at some point suggested he look into Tannaka theory when approaching geometric Langlands. Things just went from there and James moved to France to work with Toen.

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   • CommentAuthorTim_Porter
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   Author: Tim_Porter
   Format: MarkdownItexWhen I download the thesis it looks as if it is trying to use fonts that are not available. Strangely it is alright on our other computer! (Edit: redirected my Firefox preferences to open in Adobe Reader and it is fine, but in Preview it failed. Weird!)

   When I download the thesis it looks as if it is trying to use fonts that are not available. Strangely it is alright on our other computer! (Edit: redirected my Firefox preferences to open in Adobe Reader and it is fine, but in Preview it failed. Weird!)