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Higher operads, higher categories / Tom Leinster.

Author/creator Leinster, Tom, 1971-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Descriptionxiii, 433 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Subject(s)
Series London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 298
London Mathematical Society lecture note series 298. ^A27188
Contents Background: Classical categorical structures -- Classical operads and multicategories -- Notions of monoidal category -- Operads. Generalized operads and multicategories: basics -- Example: fc-multicategories -- Generalized operads and multicategories: further theory -- Opetopes -- n-categories: Globular operads -- A definition of weak n-category -- Other definitions of weak n-category -- Appendices: A. Symmetric structures -- B. Coherence for monoidal categories -- C. Special Cartesian monads -- D. Free multicategories -- E. Definitions of trees -- F. Free strict n-categories -- G. Initial operad-with-contraction.
Local noteLittle-346508--305131052070R
Local noteLittle-346508--305131052070R
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 411-416) and index.
LCCN 2003055356
ISBN0521532159 (pbk.)
ISBN9780521532150 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks QA169 .L44 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold