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Higher-Dimensional Categories: an illustrated guide book

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Higher-Dimensional Categories: an illustrated guide book
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Publisher: University of Sheffield
Number of pages: 182

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This work gives an explanatory introduction to various definitions of higher-dimensional category. The emphasis is on ideas rather than formalities; the aim is to shed light on the formalities by emphasizing the intuitions that lead there. To aid this, the tone is informal and there are copious pictures.

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