Higher dimensional algebra: I. Braided Monoidal 2-Categories

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 196-244

  Baez, John C ^a   Neuchl, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0030578646     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aima.1996.0052     Document Type: Article

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