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Towards Higher Categories
. Ed(S): Baez, John C.; May, J. Peter
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Hardback. Here is a guide to the theory of higher categorical structures. The main focus of the book is on the richness to be found in the theory of bicategories, which gives the essential starting point towards the understanding of higher categorical structures. Editor(s): Baez, John C.; May, J. Peter. Series: The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications TOWARDS HIGHER CATEGORIES contains expository and research papers based on a highly successful IMA Summer Program on n-Categories: Foundations and Applications. We are grateful to all the participants for making this occasion a very productive and stimulating one. We would like to thank John C. Baez (Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside) and J. Peter May (Department of Ma- ematics, University of Chicago) for their superb role as summer program organizers and editors of this volume. We take this opportunity to thank the National Science Foundation for its support of the ... Read more
This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications TOWARDS HIGHER CATEGORIES contains expository and research papers based on a highly successful IMA Summer Program on n-Categories: Foundations and Applications. We are grateful to all the participants for making this occasion a very productive and stimulating one. We would like to thank John C. Baez (Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside) and J. Peter May (Department of Ma- ematics, University of Chicago) for their superb role as summer program organizers and editors of this volume. We take this opportunity to thank the National Science Foundation for its support of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications
Number of Pages
283
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441915238
SKU
V9781441915238
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