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23%OFFJacob Lurie - Higher Topos Theory (AM-170) - 9780691140490 - V9780691140490
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Higher Topos Theory (AM-170)

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Description for Higher Topos Theory (AM-170) Paperback. Higher category theory is generally regarded as technical and forbidding, but part of it is considerably more tractable: the theory of infinity-categories, higher categories in which all higher morphisms are assumed to be invertible. This title presents the foundations of this theory. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 944 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PBCD; PBCH; PBPD; PBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1312.
Higher category theory is generally regarded as technical and forbidding, but part of it is considerably more tractable: the theory of infinity-categories, higher categories in which all higher morphisms are assumed to be invertible. In Higher Topos Theory, Jacob Lurie presents the foundations of this theory, using the language of weak Kan complexes introduced by Boardman and Vogt, and shows how existing theorems in algebraic topology can be reformulated and generalized in the theory's new language. The result is a powerful theory with applications in many areas of mathematics. The book's first five chapters give an exposition of the theory ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
944
Condition
New
Series
Annals of Mathematics Studies
Number of Pages
944
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691140490
SKU
V9780691140490
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About Jacob Lurie
Jacob Lurie is associate professor of mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Reviews for Higher Topos Theory (AM-170)
"This book is a remarkable achievement, and the reviewer thinks it marks the beginning of a major change in algebraic topology."
Mark Hovey, Mathematical Reviews

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