Course Identification

Introduction to Higher Category Theory
20264062

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Shachar Carmeli
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Course Schedule and Location

2026
Second Semester
Wednesday, 12:15 - 15:00, Ziskind, Rm 1
18/03/2026
24/06/2026

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Mathematics and Computer Science: Lecture; Regular; 3.00 points

Comments

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Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

50

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

100%

Evaluation Type

No final exam or assignment

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

8

Syllabus

simplicial sets, filling conditions: Kan complexes, Quasi-categories, (various flavors of) fibrations.  

The language of higher category theory: mapping spaces, functors, , the infinity categories of spaces and of categories. 

Limits and colimits, adjunctions, Kan extensions, Yoneda Lemma. 

Presentable infinity-categories of 

Examples: infinity categories and topology, derived infinity categories, infinity categories of sheaves.   

 

Learning Outcomes

The participants will learn how to speak and apply the basic language of higher categories, and how to relate it to constructions and questions from other areas of mathematics. 

Reading List

Higher Topos Theory - Jacob Lurie 

Introduction to Infinity Categories - Markus Land. 

 

Website

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