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1.14 Repair spaces

Let \(p:E\to X\) be a simplicial family of decorated decisions. A partial decorated horn \(e_\Lambda :\Lambda _i^n\to E\) over a proposed simplex \(\sigma :\Delta ^n\to X\) determines a derived lifting space

\[ \operatorname {hofib}_{(e_\Lambda ,\sigma )} \left[ \operatorname {Map}(\Delta ^n,E)\to \operatorname {Map}(\Lambda _i^n,E) \mathop{\times }_{\operatorname {Map}(\Lambda _i^n,X)} \operatorname {Map}(\Delta ^n,X) \right]. \]

This is the space of compatible fillers.

Repair-space shape

Structural reading

What a scalar can miss

\(\varnothing \)

no admissible completion

source of incompatibility

contractible

canonical up to coherent homotopy

internal witnesses

several components

qualitatively different repair classes

which alternatives remain possible

nontrivial higher homotopy

coherent families of transformations

higher relations among repairs

Table 1.2 A repair space carries more information than a success flag or penalty value.