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Relationship between groupspaces and n-groups

Determine the exact relationship between groupspaces, as defined by cube-structures satisfying the groupspace axioms, and n-groups (higher groups) from higher category theory, in order to clarify whether and how these frameworks correspond or interrelate.

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Background

The paper introduces groupspaces as a higher-order generalization of group theory that includes both nilspaces and non-commutative groups. The author notes similarities between groupspaces and n-groups from higher category theory but states that the precise relationship is not clear.

Clarifying this relationship would connect the algebraic-combinatorial framework of groupspaces with established higher categorical and homotopical notions, potentially enabling transfer of methods and results between the two areas.

References

Finally we mention another generalization of group theory which seems to be related to groupspaces, but the exact relationship is not clear.

A higher-order generalization of group theory (2407.07815 - Szegedy, 10 Jul 2024) in Section 1 (Introduction), final paragraph