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In mathematics, specifically in
category theory and
algebraic topology, the Baez–Dolan stabilization hypothesis, proposed in (
Baez & Dolan 1995), states that
suspension of a
weak n-category has no more essential effect after n + 2 times.
[1] Precisely, it states that the suspension functor is an equivalence for .
[2]
References
Sources
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Baez, John C.; Dolan, James (1995), "Higher-dimensional algebra and topological quantum field theory",
Journal of Mathematical Physics, 36 (11): 6073–6105,
arXiv:
q-alg/9503002,
Bibcode:
1995JMP....36.6073B,
doi:
10.1063/1.531236,
MR
1355899,
S2CID
14908618
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