Higher operads, higher categories / Tom Leinster.
| Author/creator | Leinster, Tom, 1971- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. |
| Description | xiii, 433 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 298 London Mathematical Society lecture note series 298. |
| 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 note | Little-346508--305131052070R |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-416) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003055356 |
| ISBN | 0521532159 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780521532150 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QA169 .L44 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |