Towards Higher Categories

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Baez, John C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), May, J. Peter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Σειρά: The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, 152
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Category theory (Mathematics).; Homological algebra.; Topology.; Algebraic topology.; Category Theory, Homological Algebra.; Algebraic Topology.

The purpose of this book is to give background for those who would like to delve into some higher category theory. It is not a primer on higher category theory itself. It begins with a paper by John Baez and Michael Shulman which explores informally, by analogy and direct connection, how cohomology...

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