# The formal theory of homotopy coherent monads

Speaker:
Emily Riehl
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - from 14:50 to 15:30
Abstract:
Quasi-categories are simplicial sets that model categories weakly enriched in $\infty$-groupoids. It is of interest to homotopy theorists to extend ordinary category theory from categories (a full subcategory) to quasi-categories. In joint work with Dominic Verity, we redevelop the foundational work in this direction from the perspective of 2-category theory. This talk will focus on a result that illustrates the essential features of this program: the extension of the monadicity theorem from categories to quasi-categories. Our proof exploits our notion of homotopy coherent adjunction to define weights for weighted limits defining the quasi-category of algebras for a homotopy coherent monad and the associated monadic adjunction. These weights can be interpreted either 2-categorically or simplicially; the former gives a new proof of the classical monadicity theorem, whereas the latter interpretation proves the result in the quasi-categorical context.
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