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050 0 0 _aQA169
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100 1 _aGurski, Nick,
_d1980-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCoherence in three-dimensional category theory /
_cNick Gurski, University of Sheffield.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (vii, 278 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge tracts in mathematics ;
_v201
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Background: Bicategorical background ; Coherence for bicategories ; Gray-categories -- Tricategories: The algebraic definition of tricategory ; Examples ; Free constructions ; Basic structure ; Gray-categories and tricategories ; Coherence via Yoneda ; Coherence via free constructions -- Gray-monads: Codescent in Gray-categories ; Codescent as a weighted colimit ; Gray-monads and their algebras ; The reflection of lax algebras into strict algebras ; A general coherence result.
520 _aDimension three is an important test-bed for hypotheses in higher category theory and occupies something of a unique position in the categorical landscape. At the heart of matters is the coherence theorem, of which this book provides a definitive treatment, as well as covering related results. Along the way the author treats such material as the Gray tensor product and gives a construction of the fundamental 3-groupoid of a space. The book serves as a comprehensive introduction, covering essential material for any student of coherence and assuming only a basic understanding of higher category theory. It is also a reference point for many key concepts in the field and therefore a vital resource for researchers wishing to apply higher categories or coherence results in fields such as algebraic topology or theoretical computer science.
650 0 _aTricategories.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107034891
830 0 _aCambridge tracts in mathematics ;
_v201.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542333
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